Union Square in Motion: opening event pictures
Pictures from the September 26, 2011 opening of Union Square in Motion, presented by MTA Arts for Transit, Parsons the New School for Design, and us, the producers and artists.
The press arrived
Photographers took pictures
The rush hour crowd dwindled in time for the opening
Passers-by stopped and looked, intrigued
Viewers peered. More press interviewing.
More people starting to look
More interview
Long interview, and this reporter, from WNYC, wrote a well-researched story
Crowd forming
Mingling among artists, producers, students, alumni, art lovers and New Yorkers
Mingling among artists, producers, students, alumni, art lovers and New Yorkers
Art builds community
Art builds community
Art builds community
Everybody watches as the images cycle through
The media, on the scene
More media
Media, interviewing Josefina, one of the artists
Media darling, Josefina
Four of the artists: Jaqi, Hilal, Umut, and Jeanne. Josefina was probably being interviewed by NY1 and Rose was on her way.
My friend with the camera left when the crowd was still building and before the reception at Parsons. I’ll try to find more pictures of the festivities.
EDIT: found a couple pictures of the signs posted at Parsons where they hosted the reception, but not during the reception.
On 13th Street just east of 5th Avenue
This location was a few windows down from where the class put up the lenticular linear zoetropes during the spring semester, as seen in these posts — Parsons student linear zoetrope videos, New images and videos of the Parsons Displays, and Update #1 on the Union Square display.
More announcements in another window
Parsons was mixed about support over the summer, probably because the project was so unusual and bold, but in the end they came through.
In the meantime, click here for all my posts on Union Square in Motion.
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