Press and reviews of Union Square in Motion

Monday’s opening saw some press for Union Square in Motion. Here are some links, starting with those who visited the installation or contacted us directly

• NY1 did a two-minute story on it, “New Artwork Best Seen In Transit Through Union Square Station“
• Arts for Transit’s Director, Sandra Bloodworth, mentioned Union Square in Motion in an in-depth interview in Urban Omnibus, “Arts for Transit: A Conversation with Sandra Bloodworth“
• The Village Voice announced it ahead of time, “Union Square Subway Station Now Boasts the World’s Largest Linear Digital Zoetrope“
• WNYC covered it, “Look | MTA Installs New Digital Underground Art Project at Union Square“, including a slide show
• DNAinfo.com, “Students Unveil Digital Art Project in Union Square Subway Station“
• The New York Observer, “Union Square Subway Gains Trippy Public Art“
• The New School Free Press researched, viewed, and interviewed probably the most, “Students Set Union Square in Motion“
• The Wall Street Journal covered it through another blog post, “Zoetrope of the Day: Union Square in Motion“
• DKNY, the fashion designer covered it: “Underground Art” (darn, they closed their “Notes on a Cit” blog)
• PSFK: “Union Square In Motion: MTA’s Underground Interactive Installation“
• 2nd Ave. Sagas: “Zoetrope of the Day: Union Square in Motion“
• MTA Photostream’s Flickr photostream posted two great pictures — two of the best I’ve seen, including my own: “Union_Sq_Zoetrope_1” and “Union_Sq_Zoetrope_2“
• Curbed.com: “Union Square in Motion“
• GalleristNY linked to the New York Observer page, “Union Square Subway Gains Trippy Public Art“
• New York University’s Interactive Telecommunications Project blogged about it (ITP students helped create Bryant Park in Motion) “Observation — Interactive Technology“
• Greater Des Moines Public Art Foundation, “Union Square in Motion” (quoted Coco. Or Breezy… not sure which)
• Fuse.tv linked to PSFK, “Union Square in Motion: MTA’s Underground Interactive Installation“
• Hopstop (co-founded by a friend!) linked to WNYC, “Look | MTA Installs New Digital Underground Art Project at Union Square“
• Arcfreeze: “Union Square In Motion: MTA’s Underground Interactive Installation“
• DiscoNYC: “Look | MTA Installs New Digital Underground Art Project at Union Square“
• Videography.com: “Union Square in Motion: MTA’s Underground Interactive Installation“
• Dream Life New York: “Subway Gets Some Waves“
• Nearsay: “MTA’s Latest Zoetrope Will Mesmerize You… If You Let It“
• Liquida linked to 2nd Ave. Sagas: “Zoetrope of the Day: Union Square in Motion“
• New York City Mattters [sic] linked to 2nd Avenue Sagas story: “Zoetrope of the Day: Union Square in Motion“
• Billionclick’s art blog posted an original article, “Students Unveil Digital Art Project in Union Square Subway Station“
• Loyalty Marketing News linked to PSFK: “Union Square In Motion: MTA’s Underground Interactive Installation“
• Johnny Pixel Productions posted, “Union Square in Motion: MTA’s Underground Interactive Installation“
• Radarpost linked to Second Avenue Sagas, “Zoetrope of the Day: Union Square in Motion“
• Mighty Funk, Design-Related News posted, “Union Square In Motion: MTA’s Underground Interactive Installation“
• Inside Rater: “Public Art: Union Square Station Adds Some Motion To Its Ocean“
• Nuizer.com linked to the Observer, “Union Square Subway Gains Trippy Public Art“
• Noodls.com linked to the MTA announcement, “MTA Unveils Latest Temporary Electronic Artwork“
• Topix linked to the Village Voice, “Union Square Subway Station Now Boasts the World’s Largest Linear Digital Zoetrope“
• Freedom Developers zine, which might be Korean, linked to PSFK, “Union Square In Motion: MTA’s Underground Interactive Installation“
• A UCSB PhD candidate in optical toys, Meredith Bak,  blogged on it, “Union Square in Motion“
• Somehow some Dubai Real Estate page covered it, or me, I can’t tell, “News: Spodek“
• Beng! Buzz: Where Brands Find Fans, wrote about it, “Union Square in Motion“
• U.S. College Rankings linked to a post on Union Square in Motion for one of the New School schools, so we’re improving the New School’s ranking!
• Perceptions and Playthings: “Union Square in Motion“
• Hannington Dia posted a well-researched story including several interviews “Union Square in Motion“

From those involved with the project, the MTA Arts for Transit and Parsons

• Parsons wrote about it already, having had the inside track, “Announcing the Zoetrope! (finally….!)” (From that article’s author)
• Parsons also announced the event and published the press release, “Parsons and MTA Arts for Transit Installation – Union Square in Motion“
• The New School, Parsons’ parent university, posted about it in the The New School News, “Students Unveil Public Art Installation at Union Square Subway Station“
• The MTA published a press release, “MTA Unveils Latest Temporary Electronic Artwork“

The team

• Jeanne Kelly, “Union Square in Motion“
• Jaqi Vigil, “Union Square in Motion“
• Josefina Santos, “Union Square in Motion“

Thanks to all who attended. I’ll post pictures of the opening soon.