One video from the 2016 Moving Image art fair will screen nightly on the 45-50 electronic billboards in
Times Square for the month of March.
Last year’s Midnight Moment partnership. Moving Image, Microscope Gallery, Times Square Arts, and the Times Square Advertising Coalition presented Peggy Awesh's 'City Thermogram' in April, 2015.
(New York, NY) November 11, 2015 —Midnight Moment, a presentation of the Times Square Advertising Coalition (TSAC) and Times Square Arts, announced it will once again partner with Moving Image, a moving image-based art fair, taking place March 3-6, 2016 at the Waterfront Tunnel event space on 11th Avenue in Chelsea. For the third year in a row, Moving Image will solicit proposals from artists represented by galleries participating in the fair to have their work shown on Times Square’s electronic billboards.
Sherry Dobbin, Director, Times Square Arts, will work with Moving Image to select one video from the submissions, which will be screened March 1-31, 2016 as part of Midnight Moment.
Times Square Arts Director Sherry Dobbin says, "Times Square Advertising Coalition and Times Square Arts are proud to collaborate again with Moving Image NYC as they have consistently introduced us to new artists pushing the boundaries of video art. Partnering allows us to leverage our platform to give visibility for the artist, the gallery and the fair as a free NYC cultural offering."
Moving Image co-founders Edward Winkleman and Murat Orozobekov noted "Our ongoing partnership with Times Square Advertising Coalition and Times Square Arts for the Midnight Moment project has been extremely popular among the fair's participating galleries and supporters. We are delighted to be collaborating again with the TSAC and TSA teams on bringing cutting-edge moving image art work to public in this spectacular venue."
Moving Image art fair will take place March 3-6, 2016 in Chelsea’s Waterfront Tunnel event space on 11th Avenue between 27th and 28th Streets. Moving Image will be free to the public and open Thursday–Saturday 11 a.m.–8:00 p.m., and on Sunday, March 6, 11:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. An opening reception will take place Thursday, March 3, 6:00–8:00 p.m.
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About Midnight Moment
Midnight Moment is the largest coordinated effort in history by the sign operators in Times Square to display synchronized, cutting-edge, creative content on electronic billboards and newspaper kiosks throughout Times Square every night. The program premiered in May 2012 and is organized and supported by the Times Square Advertising Coalition in partnership with Times Square Arts, the public art program for the Times Square Alliance, with additional partners of participating sign holders and artists.
Each night, Times Square becomes a digital art gallery through dazzling visuals on select billboards and newsstands. Every show begins at 11:57 p.m. with a "countdown" that signals the start of the three minute nightly presentation. Past artists featured in the program include Rashaad Newsome; Osgemeos; Eric Dyer; Richard Garet; Andy Warhol; Peggy Ahwesh; Marco Brambilla; Rafaël Rozendaal; Sebastian Errazuriz; Charles Atlas and Antony; Noah Hutton; Ryoji Ikeda; Daniel Canogar; Alfredo Jaar; Isaac Julien; Robert Wilson; Tracey Emin; Seoungho Cho; Vicki DaSilva, Surabhi Saraf, and Elly Cho; Erika Janunger; Takeshi Murata; Bel Borba with Burt Sun and André Costantini; Zach Nader; Brian Gonzalez (aka Taxiplasm); Björk; JR; Ryan McGinley; Jack Goldstein; Nature Theater of Oklahoma; Ezra Wube; Laleh Khorramian; Brian Dailey; Leslie Thornton; and Yoko Ono. For more information on past projects, please visit: http://www.timessquarenyc.org/times-square-arts/projects/midnight-moment/index.aspx
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Times Square Advertising Coalition (TSAC) is a trade association comprised of major advertisers, retailers, real estate firms, media companies and other businesses involved in the outdoor sign industry in Times Square, along with organizations representing Broadway and the community. Members of TSAC include: ABC Regional Sports & Entertainment Sales, Branded Cities, Clear Channel Spectacolor, Daktronics, Digital Domination, Hines Management, Jamestown One Times Square, Lamar Advertising Company, Landmark Sign & Electric, Metro Media Technologies, Newmark Knight Frank, North Shore Neon, P.R.omotion!, Sherwood Outdoor, SL Green, Times Square Alliance, Titan, Thomson Reuters and Walgreens Co. www.timessquareadcoalition.org
Times Square Arts, the public arts program of the Times Square Alliance, collaborates with contemporary artists to experiment and engage with one of the world's most iconic urban places. Working with artists and cultural institutions, the Arts Program creates dialogues with Times Square and all of its physical and mythological manifestations. Through the Square's electronic billboards, public plazas, vacant areas and popular venues, and the Alliance's own online landscape, Times Square Arts invites leading contemporary creators to help the public see Times Square in new ways. Times Square has always been a place of risk, innovation and creativity, and the Arts Program ensures these qualities remain central to the district's unique identity. Generous support of Times Square Arts is provided by ArtPlace America and ArtWorks. Visit www.TimesSquareNYC.org/arts for more information. Follow us on Twitter @TSqArts and Instagram http://instagram.com/tsqarts.
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About Moving Image
Moving Image was conceived to offer a viewing experience with the excitement and vitality of a fair, while allowing moving image-based artworks to be understood and appreciated on their own terms. Participation is by invitation only. The newly formed Moving Image Curatorial Advisory Committee for New York 2016 is inviting a selection of international commercial galleries and non-profit institutions to present single-channel videos, single-channel projections, video sculptures, and other larger video installations. http://www.moving-image.info/
Moving Image New York
March 3-6, 2015
Waterfront New York Tunnel
269 11th Avenue
Between 27th and 28th Streets
New York, NY 10001
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For more information, please contact Murat Orozobekov at contact@moving-image.info or 212.643.3152.
Media Contacts:
For Moving Image Art Fair:
Murat Orozobekov (212) 643-3152 | contact@moving-image.info
For Times Square Arts:
TJ Witham (212) 452-5234 | TJWitham@TimesSquareNYC.org
Marisa Wayne (212) 843-9216 | MWayne@Rubenstein.com