Leo Villareal, "BUCKYBALL"

Installation

Gramercy & Flatiron

Until Thu Feb 28

Leo Villareal, "Buckyball" Courtesy of the Madison Square Park Conservancy

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Time Out says

Tue Oct 16 2012

Nonprofit Mad. Sq. Art is on a hot streak. It follows up its summer installation of Charles Long’s Pet Sounds, brightly colored blobs that emitted noises when touched, with a pair of illuminated geodesic spheres, one inside the other. The form is based on Carbon 60 molecules, named after inventor and futurist Buckminster Fuller, who popularized geodesic domes as habitable structures. The monumental sculpture, 20 feet in diameter, is composed of multicolored LED tubes that put on a changing light show dictated by computer software. Lounge in one of the surrounding wooden zero-gravity chairs and take in the hypnotic spectacle.

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Name:
Madison Square Park
Address:
Madison Square Park E 23rd St to E 26th St
Gramercy & Flatiron
New York

Cross Street:
between Fifth and Madison Aves
Phone:
212-538-1884
Website:
madisonsquarepark.org
Opening hours:
Daily 24hrs
Transport:
Subway: N, R, 6 to 23rd St
Map
1. Madison Square Park
  - E 23rd St to E 26th St
    Gramercy & Flatiron
    New York
  - 212-538-1884
  - madisonsquarepark.org

Event phone:
212-538-1884
Event website:
madisonsquarepark.org

Categories:
Art. Installation
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Activities for a spare hour. Culture vultures. Feed your brain. Going in a group. Going solo. Mood. Chill
Event type:
Exhibitions

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Mon Jan 14

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