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On Broadway

On Broadway is an epic contemporary art project inspired by classic representations of urban life - from Renoir's paintings of Paris streets to Spider-Man comic books to Edward Ruscha's enormous photography project, "Every Building on the Sunset Strip." But On Broadway is also a unique 21st century creation. Curators collected all of the social media posts related to this narrow 13.5-mile slice of Manhattan over a period of 158 days in 2014, and mashed them together to create an interactive digital installation. What emerged is truly a "people's art" project, a montage of "data layers" composed of Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and other posts and images related to Broadway's buildings, restaurants, theaters, and streets. The one-minute introductory video is a great place to start, while the Images section includes photos of people interacting with the installation, currently on display at the Public Eye exhibition at the New York Public Library. Fortunately for readers outside of New York, the Application serves as a companion to the in situ exhibit, where readers may interact with the actual art installation in its online, digitized version.
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2014
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March 27th, 2015
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March 25th, 2015 at 4:18pm
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March 26th, 2015 at 11:37am
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