WAYFINDING: 100 NYC PUBLIC SCULPTURES

FLUSHING MEADOW CORONA PARK SOCRATES SCULPTURE PARK PRINT VERSION

Wayfinding: 100 NYC Public Sculptures, 2014-2015/Ongoing, 100 aluminum signs for 100 NYC public sculptures; distance drawn from GPS coordinates between each sculpture and wooden posts at Socrates Sculpture Park. Post size: 99 x 39 x 39 inches (6 pos… — Wayfinding: 100 NYC Public Sculptures, 2014-2015/Ongoing, 100 aluminum signs for 100 NYC public sculptures; distance drawn from GPS coordinates between each sculpture and wooden posts at Socrates Sculpture Park. Post size: 99 x 39 x 39 inches (6 posts in total). Visitors are invited to see the online map at www.wayfindingNYC.com (active from 2012-2014).

EXAMPLE OF ONLINE MAP FOR PUBLIC SCULPTURES IN HUDSON RIVER PARK

WAYFINDING: 100 NYC PUBLIC SCULPTURES - FLUSHING MEADOW CORONA PARK

WAYFINDING: 100 NYC PUBLIC SCULPTURES - SOCRATES SCULPTURE PARK

WAYFINDING: 100 NYC PUBLIC SCULPTURES - PRINT VERSION

Wayfinding: 100 NYC Public Sculptures consists of directional signs for 100 public sculptures, each containing a drawing of a sculpture and precise directions and distances between the sculpture and directional posts. Wayfinding invites the public on journeys to find the sculptures and contemplates how the journeys themselves can be works of art. The project combines printmaking with the “new” media of technology: audience agency, GPS coordinates, a digital compass and online map. The audience can physically visit the original artwork or be guided virtually by an online map. Wayfinding engages the public to interpret the original sculptures through their journeys, experiences, and memories. This site-specific project is an exciting and rare instance of a temporary public art program informing and merging with the permanent public sculptures of NYC.