Microscopic landscape by Malcolm MacDougall III

Visit Union Square Park tonight for the rib­bon cut­ting on a new Art in the Parks installation.

Shar­ing a nat­ural dia­logue with Union Square at the vibrant nexus of New York City is Mal­colm D. MacDougall’s sculp­ture, Micro­scopic Land­scape. The 24 foot, 7,500 lb work “is about poten­tial energy and push­ing a stag­nant object as close to per­ceived move­ment as pos­si­ble.” The con­stant motion found in Union Square is a micro­cosm teem­ing with diver­sity that defines the city, find­ing its inspi­ra­tion in the mul­ti­fac­eted struc­tures of the sculp­ture, and in turn inspir­ing this artist to observe activ­i­ties as seen on the mol­e­c­u­lar level. The sculp­ture serves as a snap­shot of the ongo­ing activ­ity in the neigh­bor­hood; it is a sta­tic object that main­tains the con­stant antic­i­pa­tion of move­ment, just as the grounds of Union Square pro­vide the frame­work for the ener­getic flow of peo­ple and com­merce. This exhi­bi­tion is pre­sented in con­junc­tion with the Union Square Part­ner­ship.

The rib­bon cut­ting is sched­uled for Tues­day, June 19th at 7pm with a recep­tion at the Citibank on 14th St. & Broad­way to fol­low. The instal­la­tion will be there through Jan­u­ary 30, 2013.

Descrip­tion and image: NYC Parks