Mixed media art exhibition imagines Times Square underwater

Record ID: 1139800

  • Title: Mixed media art exhibition imagines Times Square underwater
  • Date: 11th July 2018
  • Summary: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (JULY 11, 2018) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (English) MEL CHIN, ARTIST, SAYING: "I'd like people to take away... I'd like people to go and say 'What did I just see? Why did I have that in my mind? And what do I do with what I have witnessed and experienced?'" VARIOUS OF PEOPLE WEARING HOLOLENS UNMOORED SIGN
  • Embargoed: 25th July 2018 23:49
  • Keywords: Wake artist climate change mixed reality shipwreck Mel Chin Times Square sculpture Unmoored
  • Location: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
  • City: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
  • Country: USA
  • Topics: Art,Arts / Culture / Entertainment
  • Reuters ID: LVA0058OB30IH
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: How would Times Square look if climate change caused it to become submerged under 26 feet (8 meters) of water? That's the theme of a new art exhibition called "Unmoored."
    Acclaimed artist Mel Chin unveiled his large-scale sculpture and mixed reality piece in New York City on Wednesday (July 11).
    The sculpture stands 24 feet (7 meters) by 34 feet (10 meters) by 60 feet (18 meters).
    The piece is an animatronic hull of a 19th century clipper shipwreck designed to look like the skeletal remains of a marine mammal. The sculpture is called "Wake".
    Visitors can view the sculpture and Times Square through their mobile devices or with Microsoft HoloLens headsets which are designed to project holograms. With the help of digital media, viewers will see the decaying ship and images of other boats and marine debris float through Times Square.
    After viewing the exhibition, Chin said he'd like people to say, "What did I just see? Why did I have that in my mind? And what do I do with what I have witnessed and experienced?"
    "Unmoored" and "Wake" will be on display in Times Square until September 5.
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