Since 1992, the Times Square Alliance has transformed Times Square into a thriving hub of commerce, entertainment and community. Part of this evolution included, in 2017, the construction of a series of pedestrian plazas, which changed the way visitors (nearly half-a-million a day) interact with Times Square, and created site-specific spaces for public art. The public art arm of Times Square Alliance, Times Square Arts is committed to using this global stage to champion individual artists, to amplify underrepresented voices, and to encourage public discourse around challenging issues of our time. Projects span disciplines and scales, yet all support artists to produce rigorous, place-based work capable of engaging diverse publics.
Times Square Alliance
Midnight Moment: Allison Schulnik, MOTH
January 1, 2020 – January 31, 2020
every night from 11:57pm-midnight
Midnight Moment is the world’s largest, longest-running digital art exhibition, synchronized on electronic billboards throughout Times Square nightly from 11:57pm to midnight.
Allison Schulnik uses painting, ceramics, and, traditional animation to choreograph compositions that embody a spirit of the macabre and a tragicomic perspective on love, death, and farce. A hand-painted moth flutters in stop-motion, transforming from a fully-formed insect, to a nascent cocoon, to fantastical, sometimes ominous creatures. Schulnik began this work after a moth hit her studio window, painting frames for the film almost daily for 14 months as she was pregnant with and gave birth to her first child. The work reflects on the cycles of life and the bodily and emotional metamorphosis of motherhood. MOTH is presented in partnership with MASS MoCA.
Midnight Moment: Allison Schulnik, MOTH
January 1, 2020 – January 31, 2020
every night from 11:57pm-midnight
Midnight Moment is the world’s largest, longest-running digital art exhibition, synchronized on electronic billboards throughout Times Square nightly from 11:57pm to midnight.
Allison Schulnik uses painting, ceramics, and, traditional animation to choreograph compositions that embody a spirit of the macabre and a tragicomic perspective on love, death, and farce. A hand-painted moth flutters in stop-motion, transforming from a fully-formed insect, to a nascent cocoon, to fantastical, sometimes ominous creatures. Schulnik began this work after a moth hit her studio window, painting frames for the film almost daily for 14 months as she was pregnant with and gave birth to her first child. The work reflects on the cycles of life and the bodily and emotional metamorphosis of motherhood. MOTH is presented in partnership with MASS MoCA.
Midnight Moment: Allison Schulnik, MOTH
January 1, 2020 – January 31, 2020
every night from 11:57pm-midnight
Midnight Moment is the world’s largest, longest-running digital art exhibition, synchronized on electronic billboards throughout Times Square nightly from 11:57pm to midnight.
Allison Schulnik uses painting, ceramics, and, traditional animation to choreograph compositions that embody a spirit of the macabre and a tragicomic perspective on love, death, and farce. A hand-painted moth flutters in stop-motion, transforming from a fully-formed insect, to a nascent cocoon, to fantastical, sometimes ominous creatures. Schulnik began this work after a moth hit her studio window, painting frames for the film almost daily for 14 months as she was pregnant with and gave birth to her first child. The work reflects on the cycles of life and the bodily and emotional metamorphosis of motherhood. MOTH is presented in partnership with MASS MoCA.
Midnight Moment: Allison Schulnik, MOTH
January 1, 2020 – January 31, 2020
every night from 11:57pm-midnight
Midnight Moment is the world’s largest, longest-running digital art exhibition, synchronized on electronic billboards throughout Times Square nightly from 11:57pm to midnight.
Allison Schulnik uses painting, ceramics, and, traditional animation to choreograph compositions that embody a spirit of the macabre and a tragicomic perspective on love, death, and farce. A hand-painted moth flutters in stop-motion, transforming from a fully-formed insect, to a nascent cocoon, to fantastical, sometimes ominous creatures. Schulnik began this work after a moth hit her studio window, painting frames for the film almost daily for 14 months as she was pregnant with and gave birth to her first child. The work reflects on the cycles of life and the bodily and emotional metamorphosis of motherhood. MOTH is presented in partnership with MASS MoCA.
Midnight Moment: Allison Schulnik, MOTH
January 1, 2020 – January 31, 2020
every night from 11:57pm-midnight
Midnight Moment is the world’s largest, longest-running digital art exhibition, synchronized on electronic billboards throughout Times Square nightly from 11:57pm to midnight.
Allison Schulnik uses painting, ceramics, and, traditional animation to choreograph compositions that embody a spirit of the macabre and a tragicomic perspective on love, death, and farce. A hand-painted moth flutters in stop-motion, transforming from a fully-formed insect, to a nascent cocoon, to fantastical, sometimes ominous creatures. Schulnik began this work after a moth hit her studio window, painting frames for the film almost daily for 14 months as she was pregnant with and gave birth to her first child. The work reflects on the cycles of life and the bodily and emotional metamorphosis of motherhood. MOTH is presented in partnership with MASS MoCA.
Midnight Moment: Allison Schulnik, MOTH
January 1, 2020 – January 31, 2020
every night from 11:57pm-midnight
Midnight Moment is the world’s largest, longest-running digital art exhibition, synchronized on electronic billboards throughout Times Square nightly from 11:57pm to midnight.
Allison Schulnik uses painting, ceramics, and, traditional animation to choreograph compositions that embody a spirit of the macabre and a tragicomic perspective on love, death, and farce. A hand-painted moth flutters in stop-motion, transforming from a fully-formed insect, to a nascent cocoon, to fantastical, sometimes ominous creatures. Schulnik began this work after a moth hit her studio window, painting frames for the film almost daily for 14 months as she was pregnant with and gave birth to her first child. The work reflects on the cycles of life and the bodily and emotional metamorphosis of motherhood. MOTH is presented in partnership with MASS MoCA.
Midnight Moment: Allison Schulnik, MOTH
January 1, 2020 – January 31, 2020
every night from 11:57pm-midnight
Midnight Moment is the world’s largest, longest-running digital art exhibition, synchronized on electronic billboards throughout Times Square nightly from 11:57pm to midnight.
Allison Schulnik uses painting, ceramics, and, traditional animation to choreograph compositions that embody a spirit of the macabre and a tragicomic perspective on love, death, and farce. A hand-painted moth flutters in stop-motion, transforming from a fully-formed insect, to a nascent cocoon, to fantastical, sometimes ominous creatures. Schulnik began this work after a moth hit her studio window, painting frames for the film almost daily for 14 months as she was pregnant with and gave birth to her first child. The work reflects on the cycles of life and the bodily and emotional metamorphosis of motherhood. MOTH is presented in partnership with MASS MoCA.
Midnight Moment: Allison Schulnik, MOTH
January 1, 2020 – January 31, 2020
every night from 11:57pm-midnight
Midnight Moment is the world’s largest, longest-running digital art exhibition, synchronized on electronic billboards throughout Times Square nightly from 11:57pm to midnight.
Allison Schulnik uses painting, ceramics, and, traditional animation to choreograph compositions that embody a spirit of the macabre and a tragicomic perspective on love, death, and farce. A hand-painted moth flutters in stop-motion, transforming from a fully-formed insect, to a nascent cocoon, to fantastical, sometimes ominous creatures. Schulnik began this work after a moth hit her studio window, painting frames for the film almost daily for 14 months as she was pregnant with and gave birth to her first child. The work reflects on the cycles of life and the bodily and emotional metamorphosis of motherhood. MOTH is presented in partnership with MASS MoCA.
“The Warhol Foundation aims to support the full range of artistic activity in America—from exhibitions at major museums to neighborhood projects by artist collectives. Arts writers, through the range and specialization of their individual interests, touch upon all of this activity—illuminating and interrogating it and bringing it into conversation with the public. Support for artists is not complete without support for the circulation and serious consideration of their ideas. The Arts Writers Grant program keeps artists at the center of cultural dialogue and debate—in our opinion, right where they belong.”
Joel Wachs, President