One of Gormley's human statues atop a 5th Avenue building near 22nd Street.
This weekend, while I was standing in the infamously long line at Shake Shack in Madison Square Park, I was startled to see what looked like a human figure standing high atop the edge of the Credit Suisse building. Just as I was about take off screaming, “Don’t jump!,” I noticed another such figure atop a building across the way. In a matter of seconds, I had spotted four more figures.
Come to find out—thanks to iPhone Google—the figures are part of a public art installation sponsored by the Madison Square Park Conservancy. (Some may remember the mysterious tree houses that appeared in the Park about a year ago–yep, same folks.)
Event Horizon, by British artist Antony Gormley, comprises a total of 31 statues placed around the Flatiron area. Grab some friends and see if you can find them all—it’s a ‘Where’s Waldo’ of the neighborhood if you will.
Event Horizon is “on display” until Aug. 15. More information can be found here.
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