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'America': Fully Functional 18-Karat-Gold Toilet-Art You Can Really Use at the Guggenheim

2020-08-11T16:00:00-04:00

America is the title of an interactive art exhibit from Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan at the Guggenheim Museum that is a fully functional, 18-karat gold toilet.

Anyone with an Instagram account and an interest in contemporary art understands the reasoning behind Cattelan’s suggestion:“America”—the first piece the artist has exhibited since his 2011 retrospective at the Guggenheim—is a working toilet cast from gold that has been installed in a bathroom on the museum’s fourth floor. Cattelan intends visitors to use the toilet just as they would any other facility in the building.

Check out the museum's announcement page to learn more about the Guggenheim's functional gold toilet.

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[VIDEO] Here's What It's Like to Climb Hudson Yards' Massive New Sculpture, The Vessel

2019-03-19T11:00:00-04:00

Local YouTuber actionkid105 makes a ton of video showing himself walking through and around New York City streets, neighborhoods, and attractions. In this recent upload to his channel, watch as he climbs New York City's latest attraction: The Vessel.

A walk on The Vessel at Hudson Yards, which opened on March 15, 2019.

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[VIDEO] The Vessel Officially Opened in Hudson Yards This Weekend

2019-03-18T12:30:00-04:00

Built as the center piece of Hudson Yards mega-project, The Vessel climbable sculpture finally opened to the public this past weekend. The Thomas Heatherwick-designed sculpture features 16 stories of climbable staircases, with each level wider than the one below it. See what it's like inside in this short video from CBS New York.

It's one of the hottest tickets in NYC, climbing to the top of Hudson Yards' 'Vessel.' We got a unique look at one man's trip up.

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Once Upon a Place, An Interactive Public Art Installation in Times Square

2017-07-25T13:30:00-04:00

Once Upon a Place is an interesting interactive public art installation from multimedia artist Aman Mojadidi that uses old phone booths to tell the stories of immigrants through the receiver. In Times Square until September 5th, the installation is proving very popular with both tourists and locals alike.

Times Square Arts and artist Aman Mojadidi bring Once Upon A Place, an interactive public art installation that creates a platform for immigrant voices, to Duffy Square (46th Street and 7th Avenue) from June 27- September 5. Visitors will be invited to open the door of one of three repurposed telephone booths, pick up the receiver, and listen to oral histories of immigration from the newest New Yorkers. Visitors can also open the phone book inside each booth to read more about the storytellers' communities both here in New York and the countries they have traveled from, and to leave behind a part of their own story if they wish. The installation includes 70 different stories that will last anywhere between 2 and 15 minutes.

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Check Out The "Luminaries" Interactive Light Show at Brookfield Place This Winter

2016-12-26T12:45:00-05:00

Luminaries is an interactive light installation at Brookfield Place in which attendees are surrounded by a canopy of color-changing lanterns and lights, each reacting in hue and intensity depending on the area's activity. In this video from our friends at Curbed, see what the Luminaries installation is like, then check it out in person until the end of January.

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A Christmas Vacation Awaits You At The Flatiron Plaza With This New Public Hammock Installation

2016-12-09T10:08:23-05:00

#FlatironSkyLine Installation Timelapse
Over three days last week - the team from LOT installed the 2016 Flatiron holiday installation #FlatironSkyLine on the North Public Plaza. Join us tonight at 6PM to celebrate this beautiful installation!
Posted by Flatiron/23rd Street Partnership on Monday, November 21, 2016

While you can't escape the December cold, you might just be able to escape some of that holiday stress. Head to the Flatiron Plaza to try out a new form of public therapy: hammocks!

In response to the plaza's annual design competition, a team from LOT architecture recently installed majestic LED-lighted arches known as "The Flatiron Sky-Line" that hold six cozy hammocks, which are free and open for exploration by everyone in the neighborhood. From 9:00am to 9:00pm, New Yorkers can nestle in for a new perspective of their daily surroundings, including the Flatiron Building, Madison Square Park, and yes, even the winter sky.

Go ahead and take a load off - if you find a way to drown out the sirens, the honking, and the barking surrounding the plaza, it's almost like a beach vacation. Almost.

Read more about the temporary installation in the full article from Gothamist, and go for a swing before they disappear after the holidays.

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Go Play With Brooklyn Bridge Park's All-Knowing Interactive Art Installation, The DUMBO Reflector

2016-10-27T08:37:49-04:00

Just in case you didn't realize how cold it has gotten this week, a new interactive sign in Brooklyn Bridge Park can help you out with the forecast[]…] and give some answers to your most pressing moral dilemmas.

Created by multimedia artist David Crumley, the 12-foot by 9-foot DUMBO Reflector stands as a proud symbol of the neighborhood's artistic past and technology driven future, and you're invited to play with it.

In honor of the DUMBO Improvement District's 10th anniversary, the goal of this piece is to celebrate and connect this vibrant Brooklyn community. When probed, the Reflector can depict the local weather and traffic forecast, respond to Magic 8-Ball Style questions, and even react to various neighborhood hashtags with abstract patterns of color and light.

I designed the DUMBO Reflector to literally reflect the culture of DUMBO back onto itself,” said multimedia artist David Crumley. “At its core, community is the people and scenes that inhabit a place, and the digital interactive features of the sign provide a commentary on how we interact in our communities today, how dialogue takes place, and the need for physical space and art to bring us together.

- David Crumley

The sign is scheduled to travel around the neighborhood throughout the upcoming months - go meet the DUMBO Reflector at the John Street section of the park while you can.

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Reach, A Playable Urban Musical Instrument at Herald Square Subway Station

2016-09-18T07:07:44-04:00

Reach is an interactive urban art exhibit from sound designer Christopher Janney that plays pre-recorded sounds when sensors detect movement.

Installed the Herald Square Subway Station in 1995, the art looks like part of the station infrastructure and goes by unnoticed by many.

As waiting pedestrians reach up and wave their hands in front of one of the eight “eyes,” a beam of light is interrupted. This activates REACH, which emits a range of sounds—from melodic instruments (marimba, flute) to environmental “sound images” (Everglades, rain forest). The piece is installed on both the uptown and downtown platforms of the 34th Street N/R subway station in New York City. Riders often play REACH with other passengers across the tracks.

Commuters still interact with Reach even on today's phone-filled subway platform.

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America, a Fully Functional 18-Karat-Gold Toilet/Art You Can Really Use at the Guggenheim

2016-09-16T07:59:04-04:00

America is the title of a new interactive art exhibit from Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan at the Guggenheim Museum that is a fully functional, 18-karat gold toilet.

Anyone with an Instagram account and an interest in contemporary art understands the reasoning behind Cattelan’s suggestion:“America”—the first piece the artist has exhibited since his 2011 retrospective at the Guggenheim—is a working toilet cast from gold that has been installed in a bathroom on the museum’s fourth floor. Cattelan intends visitors to use the toilet just as they would any other facility in the building.

Check out the museum's announcement page to learn more about the Guggenheim's functional gold toilet.

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[VIDEO] Hudson Yards Mega Sculpture Unveiled As 16-Story Interconnected Labyrinth of Staircases

2016-09-15T10:37:55-04:00

Related Companies, the development firm behind the Hudson Yards mega-construction project in Hell's Kitchen, recently revealed a 16-story interactive sculpture titled "Vessel" featuring a labyrinth of interconnected staircases.

More than three years after he boasted that the centerpiece of Hudson Yards’ public plaza would be New York’s Eiffel Tower, Related Companies chairman Stephen Ross has unveiled the design for a 16-story web of interconnected staircases that will rise among the mega-projects glass-and-steel towers. The structure, titled “Vessel” and designed by Thomas Heatherwick, comes with a price tag of $150 million and will be in place at the Far West Side campus’ public square in two years.

I don't know about "New York's Eiffel Tower", but the interactive sculpture does look pretty interesting. What do you think?

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