CORY ARCANGEL
Times Square Midnight Moment

March 1–31, 2022
11:57pm – midnight

For March’s Midnight Moment, Cory Arcangel rewinds time with a vibrant throwback to analog technology across the iconic digital landscape of Times Square. ‘Another Romp Thru the IP (Times Square Edit)’ will be synchronized on over 90 billboards every night in March from 11:57pm to 12am.

“In our era of phones, screens, Zooms, etc., I wondered what Times Square — the mountain top of today's media landscape! — would look like if we rewound about 50 years and filled it with imagery made on an artist-built tool from the 70s — the Sandin Image Processor. Where would we end up? Could we tell the difference?”
— Cory Arcangel

Embodying Arcangel’s signature approach to art-making, Another Romp Thru the IP manipulates analog computer technologies and raw data into visuals that are at once striking and nostalgic. Created during a residency at Alfred State Institute for Electronic Arts (IEA), Arcangel’s original improvisation in this series appeared in his 2011 solo exhibition, Pro Tools, at the Whitney Museum. The title of the work references Five Minute Romp Through the IP, a 1973 video made by Sandin in which he explains the possibilities of the instrument. An advocate of education, Sandin freely published schematics and other documentation of the Sandin Image Processor.

To learn more, please visit Times Square Arts's website.