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| ludic | ||
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| Author(s): | Alyssa Wright Angelina Ho Jiyoung Kang |
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| Instructor: | Moeslinger, Sigi | |
| Class: | Designing for the Five Senses | |
| URL: | http://stage.itp.nyu.edu/~ah1121/ludic/ludic.html | |
| Documents: | (JPEG) | |
| Keywords: | pixel, light, play | |
| An public light installation that activate a dark & lonely public passageway | ||
| Italo Calvino, in his essay, Cybernetics and Ghosts wrote: “The more enlightened we get, the more our walls ooze ghosts.” We live in a city bursting with crowds and noise and dirt and mayhem. And still, we all know that walk, where—magically-- we are in the dark. Alone. An archway in Central Park, the stairs down the subway, the long walk home. This city becomes a ghost town. If there is one area of New York that turns into ghost town faster than any other, it is Lower Manhattan. Though bustling during the day, the exodus of people at 5 leaves the streets empty at night. Since 9/11, much has been done to vitalize the area. The reconstruction of the WTC Park, the opening of StoryCorps, and the River to River Festival, are a few recent projects that have created new life in Lower Manhattan. If these projects are coupled with the small interventions, nighttime ghosts need not be scary. In fact, it is possible, nighttime isolation becomes a moment of beauty and reflection: how awesome, to be alone, with this city. | ||