By way of public art initiatives, the Times Square Arts’ Midnight Moment series has a decent conceit. Nightly from 11:57pm to 12:00am ninety-two of the advertising screens that face the rise of the buildings in Times Square from 41st to 49th Streets, in one synchronized motion, shift to display a work of art. The project began in 2012, and has featured the work of over one hundred artists since its inception. It bears a companionable relationship to Chicago’s own projection-based public art initiative Art on the Mart, often sharing commissions for the project. This includes the most recent edition Build Up the House II by Brendan Fernandes, which debuted Friday, March 14th of this year.
