Known for his interdisciplinary, experimental works, New York-based artist, designer, and activist Sebastian Errazuriz created a 20-foot public artwork called “blu Marble” that will show a livestream of planet Earth from outer space. The installation will be on display at 159 Ludlow Street in Manhattan starting March 13. And for one night only during the launch, blu Marble will be projected onto the New Museum.
Visible throughout the day and night, the installation features a custom-made LED screen that projects Earth in real time from outer space. To do this, Errazuriz's team created a bot that stitches together live photos of Earth from a NASA satellite.
“Blu Marble is a reminder of our miraculously fragile existence. It places our very existence in perspective at a global level — as a tiny spec in space — beckoning us to live fully with an awareness and mindfulness of our limited time on this vulnerable and beautiful planet,” Errazuriz explains.
As part of a campaign called “Pledge World by blu”, the art installation also pays tribute to the infamous 1972 “Blue Marble” photograph taken by the crew of Apollo 17 during its last lunar mission.
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