BLU MARBLE BY SEBASTIAN ERRAZURIZ

On March 13, 2019. blu Marble was unveiled in the Lower East Side, Manhattan. A monumental, 20-foot, LED structure depicting a live stream of the Earth from space. Visible by day and night, blu Marble invited the public to consider their presence in a form and scale that was never experienced before. This contemplative work offered new perspective on our existence and hopes to help humanity make positive change. The installation “blu Marble” paid homage to the first photo of Earth taken from space in 1972 by the crew of Apollo 17. The image of Earth was created using satellite data normally used to monitor daily variations of vegetation, ozone, aerosols, clouds, and reflectivity across the planet. The audience passing by the installation at night saw a partially dark Earth with clusters of light and, in contrast, meteorological conditions during the day. The project involved multiple sites including production of the large outdoor public installation in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, design and production of the accompanying art exhibition at Richard Taittinger Gallery, and a projection mapping onto the facade of the New Museum. Credits: Production Design, Technical Production and Event Production by Ann D'Ovidio & Dan Wender (The Umbrella NYC) and Magenta Field, for Mazarine Group and Sebastian Errazuriz Studios.