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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIlluminating the Plight of Endangered Species on Empire State Building.
Last edited Sat Aug 1, 2015, 12:43 AM - Edit history (1)
TRAVIS THRELKEL was standing on the roof of a building on Fifth Avenue and 27th Street looking uptown at his canvas. Its hard to miss: Its the Empire State Building, and on Saturday evening he and his collaborator, the filmmaker and photographer Louie Psihoyos, will project digital light images of endangered species onto the building in an art event meant to draw attention to the creatures plight and possibly provide footage for a coming documentary. Although the men refer to the event as a weapon of mass instruction, Mr. Threlkel explained: Were going to try to create something beautiful. Not bum people out. He added later: Hopefully, this is one big domino. If we can tip it, it would be great.
On Saturday, using 40 stacked, 20,000-lumen projectors on the roof of a building on West 31st Street, Mr. Threlkel and Mr. Psihoyos, director of the Oscar-winning documentary The Cove, will be illuminating the night from 9 p.m. to 12 a.m. with a looping reel showing what Mr. Psihoyos calls a Noahs ark of animals. A snow leopard, a golden lion tamarin and manta rays, along with snakes, birds and various mammals and sea creatures will be projected onto a space 375 feet tall and 186 feet wide covering 33 floors of the southern face of the Empire State Building and beyond, thanks to cellphones and Internet connections.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/31/movies/illuminating-the-plight-of-endangered-species-at-the-empire-state-building.html?smid=tw-nytimes&_r=0
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Illuminating the Plight of Endangered Species on Empire State Building. (Original Post)
RiffRandell
Jul 2015
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montana_hazeleyes
(3,424 posts)1. I swear i was thinking this......
What endangered species live on the Empire State Building? My mind is officially gone!
Fozzledick
(3,860 posts)2. Giant gorillas?
RiffRandell
(5,909 posts)3. Good one.
montana_hazeleyes
(3,424 posts)7. LOL!
IcyPeas
(21,940 posts)4. nice (and Huuuuuuuuuuuuuge)
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)5. cool. this thread needs a.pic
RiffRandell
(5,909 posts)6. Done and thanks! nt
montana_hazeleyes
(3,424 posts)8. Oh my goodness,
this is just beautiful and a great way to get people's attention.