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.

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