Electric Rock

Posted by Niña (New York, United States) on 24 March 2008 in Architecture.

Electronic fountain at Rockefeller

You can hardly notice the lights since I was at the Rock at high noon. It merely looked like an odd structure where the famous Rockefeller Christmas Tree once stood.

I'd probaby drop by at night time one of these days. Maybe it's much more spectacular. :)

http://www.cityguideny.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=9415
From Feb. 27 through Apr. 5, the Plaza at Rockefeller Center will be bathed in the LED-generated light of Electric Fountain, one of the few major public art installations by the acclaimed British artists Tim Noble and Sue Webster. This monumental 3-D outdoor light sculpture will be 35 feet (10.72 meters) high and 30 feet (10.6 meters) in diameter. Fabricated from 3,390 LED bulbs and 527 meters of neon tubing, the design and sequencing will replicate the movement of water: streaming, pooling, splashing and flowing, creating a hypnotic experience for viewers. Presented by Art Production Fund, sponsored by Lexus, and hosted by Tishman Speyer, co-owners of Rockefeller Center, Electric Fountain will be on view, free and open to the public.

Electric Fountain represents Noble & Webster's modern take on the world's oldest form of public art, the fountain. It simultaneously references iconic pop culture symbols, such as marquee signs in Las Vegas and Times Square, and historical fountains built in civic spaces, such as Bernini's Triton Fountain.