New Dynamic Immersive Art Installation From Kenzo Digital to Live in the New York City Skyline at SUMMIT One Vanderbilt
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NEW YORK, Oct. 20, 2021 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --
-- Air, a World-Bending, Multi-Sensory Art Experience To Open October 21, 2021
Kenzo Digital, in collaboration with SL Green Realty Corp., is proud to present
Air, a mind-bending new immersive art experience within SUMMIT One Vanderbilt.
In a true love letter to the city, acclaimed artist Kenzo Digital has taken a
thousand-foot-high venue, with a view that spans from Coney Island to the Bronx
Zoo, and created a multisensory, transformative experience that is
groundbreaking, euphoric, and will forever change the way we view the New York
City skyline.
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"New York City is my home, my constant source of inspiration; it has molded me
and given me so much," said Kenzo Digital. "With Air, I want to create a space
that shares the intoxicating sense of aspiration and inspiration that New York
gives me with everyone who visits it—a beacon of possibility that pays tribute
to all that New York is, can be, will be."
Air is a walkthrough art experience that begins after entering SUMMIT One
Vanderbilt adjacent to Grand Central Terminal and extends through a mirrored,
light-infused elevator ride up a thousand feet to the 91st floor. Once atop the
building, Air offers visitors a multi-floor, multi-space immersion that
challenges their notions of physical reality, the city that surrounds them, and
their sense of self.
Air is a story of both literal and figurative reflection. Through the use of
glass mirrors on every structural surface, Air appears boundless, without fixed
form, and offers a tantalizing and singular experience for each visitor at each
moment. With everything mirrored, each step rearranges what visitors see with
incredible complexity and scale, as if in defiance of physics. Air
defamiliarizes the world, and the process of finding a new equilibrium opens up
a sense of elemental curiosity.
Air is an immersion in nature in the heart of Manhattan, likened to a Central
Park in the sky. With its unique vantage point, Air brings the outside
environment into the space and then magnifies it infinitely. Whether sunrise or
sunset, blue sky or cloudy, rain or snow, inside Air, every weather pattern
conjures a revelatory world that provides endless opportunity for exploration.
In addition to its remarkable materiality, Air is a living, breathing entity,
expressed through its multisensory use of sound, lighting, production design,
and game engine. It's a story that evolves with each successive space, bringing
visitors deeper and deeper into the experience until finally, they become part
of it. Though Air is deeply personal, the experience reveals shared
consciousness, inviting visitors of any age to revel in collective wonder.
After the sun sets, the magic of Air takes new form as the space is transformed
through a one-of-a-kind light and sound story, turning it into a beacon of
energy, visible to all of New York City.
"Air is another dimension, where you discover that time rearranges itself as
fluidly as the view," said Kenzo Digital. "Through its boundless juxtapositions
of form, Air compels you to live in the present moment: calm, aware, free."
Kenzo was commissioned to design the installation by SUMMIT One Vanderbilt. Air
represents a bold, innovative leap forward in physical-space storytelling and
the remarkable potential at the intersection of art and real estate on a grand
scale. Air serves as the crown jewel of SUMMIT One Vanderbilt—its unique
illusions are visible from the street all around the city.
Air opens to the public on October 21. Air can be viewed and experienced
exclusively at Summit One Vanderbilt. Tickets are on sale now at:
About Kenzo Digital
Kenzo is an artist who creates emotionally powerful, mind-bending alternate
worlds in physical and virtual spaces. He juxtaposes elements of art, film,
theater, and architecture to produce groundbreaking work that upends your
sensory experience in service of story. His goal is not just to entertain or
excite, but to engage in ways that create memories of lasting meaning.
Media Contact:
Marissa Paiano, marissa.paiano@berlinrosen.com
SOURCE Kenzo Digital
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