Heart Squared :: Times Square’s 12th Annual Valentine Heart

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    When:
    January 30, 2020 – March 1, 2020 all-day
    Where:
    Times Square
    Cost:
    Free
    Categories:
    Cultural Event FREE Event Seasonal Event The Arts Event
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    Art Event Exhibition Non Profit Event

    Times Square’s 12th Annual Valentine Heart

    MODU and Eric Forman Studio

    Heart Squared

    January 30 – March 1, 2020, Broadway Plaza at 46th Street

    Learn more at the official page here at the Times Square BID site

    MODU and Eric Forman Studio use the magic of mirrors and light to remix and reflect the urban spectacle of New York City with Heart Squared. As viewers move around the skeletal structure evoking an anatomic heart, the reflections of 125 mirrors coalesce to reveal a kaleidoscopic portrait of city, visitor, and sky.

    The 12th Annual Valentine Heart Design Competition is presented with Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.

    MODU and Eric Forman Studio’s Heart Squared is the winner of 2020 Times Square Valentine Heart Design Competition, which was curated by Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. As this year’s winning design, Heart Squared will be unveiled on January 30 at 11am at Father Duffy Square, between 46th and 47th Streets. The installation will remain on view for the month of February.

    Tilted in various directions within a steel frame that evokes the outline of an anatomic heart, the 125 mirrors of Heart Squared transform the spectacle of Times Square into kaleidoscopic images of people, buildings, and brightly-lit billboards. While the position of each mirror seems random, the designers developed a specialized technique to calculate the specific angles in order to hide a playful surprise. As viewers move around the structure towards a special marked location, those hundreds of reflections suddenly coalesce, revealing a pixel heart of urban life surrounded by a field of mirrored sky.