Art Moves Forward | ART on THE MART | MEGA Chicago Initiative Attracts Global Audiences and Artists

Neil Koenig, Senior TV Series Producer and ideaXme board advisor interviews Cynthia Noble, Executive Director, Vornado Arts and ART on THE MART. 🎨 🌍 📣

"Please note that the Poetry Foundation is no longer going ahead this Fall. “The Poetry Foundation collaboration is now going ahead in 2025, however the collaborating artists will be announced next year.” ART on THE MART.

Neil comments:

Think of public art, and sculptures or statues might first come to mind. But how about something bigger than two American football fields? That’s the size of ART on THE MART, one of the largest digital art projects in the world.The endeavour began in 2018, with digital art works being displayed on the facade of Chicago’s Merchandise Mart, at one time the biggest building in the world. For Cynthia Noble, the initiative’s founding executive director, it offers artists the chance to explore what might be described as “a new medium...it offers a great chance to experiment”. Amongst those who have contributed works so far are artists including Charles Atlas, Derrick Adams, Nick Cave, and many more. In this interview with me for ideaXme, Cynthia Noble talks about how she came to be involved with launching ART on THE MART, the role that public art can play in the life of cities everywhere, forthcoming works by artists such as Nora Turato and Yinka Illori, and how she sees the emerging field of “media architecture” developing in the future. 

ART on THE MART and Cynthia Noble links:

CYNTHIA NOBLE BIOGRAPHY 

https://artonthemart.com/about/people/cynthia-noble PHOTO 

CREDITS Cynthia Noble photo by Caroline Manrique 

More details: Founded in 2018, the program is a result of a 30-year commitment by THE MART owner Vornado Realty Trust, in close collaboration with the City of Chicago, with a shared goal to provide public access to innovative contemporary art to the thousands of visitors traversing the Chicago Riverwalk each day. Projections are visible from Wacker Drive and along the Riverwalk. The platform is free and open to the public nightly, nine months per year, from April through December.

ideaXme credits and links: Neil Koenig: https://www.linkedin.com/in/neilkoenig/ https://twitter.com/neilkoenig?lang=en

ideaXme introduction voice-over: Nicole Stott, retired NASA Astronaut, founder of Space For Art Foundation and ideaXme board advisor.

Nicole's 🚀 🌍Links: https://www.spaceforartfoundation.org , https://www.npsdiscovery.com , Twitter @Astro_Nicole https://twitter.com/astro_nicole?lang=en 

Voice-over for the "please subscribe ending": Neil Koenig, Senior Tv Series Producer and ideaXme interviewer. 🎤 🎬 

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