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(00:00):
Featuring works by artists Huge Joe June, Rosa Barba July and
Bianca Abdi Boregi August, TimesSquare Arts, the largest public
platform for contemporary performance and visual arts, is
pleased to present their Midnight Moment summer season.
Featuring video works by multidisciplinary artists Huge
(00:20):
Joe, June, Rosa Barba July, and Bianca Abdi Boregi August,
Midnight Moment is the world's largest, longest running digital
art exhibition, synchronized on over 92 electronic billboards
throughout Times Square nightly from 11:57 PM to midnight, the
Summer 2025 program showcases video works that explore
(00:44):
geopolitics through gymnastics, experiment with cinematic
storytelling using celluloid itself, and stage the absurdity
of our culture of consumption. Huge Joe Trampoline Color
Exercise in partnership with Artnet June 1st to 30th 2025
(01:05):
nightly 11 Colon 57 midnight Huge Joe S hypnotic work
Trampoline color exercise is a moving image collage of leaping
gymnasts whose uniforms and identities shape shift as they
flip and tumble on pink grid trampolines.
Created by manipulating aerial vantage points from archival
broadcasts of Olympic Games footage, the artwork is a bird
(01:28):
SI meditation on the human form and the athletic pursuit of
perfection. The mass of figures also reads
as an abstract play of primary colors.
A timely yet subtle nod to global national flags and
fluctuating affiliations in an ever changing geopolitical
climate. Trampoline Color Exercise was
created over the past few years amid intense political and
(01:51):
international divisions, and it now feels especially timely,
says Joe. I'm thrilled to see it presented
in such an iconic, larger than life space where it will be
experienced by a diverse audience from all over the
world. At its heart, the work is a
celebration of globalization anda reflection on allegiance.
(02:14):
Rosa Barba charge presented withthe Museum of Modern Art, MO,
MA, July 1st to 31st, 2025. Nightly 11 Colon 57 Midnight In
Charge artist Rosa Barba explores light as agent in a
rhythmic, pulsating assemblage activated by landscape radio
(02:36):
waves, color stellar spheres andoptics, and evoke sunsets,
astrophysics, experiments, apparatuses, or planetary
imagery. As part of her broader practice,
Barba S work reflects on human impact on the environment,
drawing inspiration from naturalelements.
(02:57):
For Barba, cinema allows time and space to vibrate collapse,
overlap and extend in a bustlingplace like Times Square, moments
to pause and appreciate the natural beauty of the world are
rare. Charge offers a brief but
crucial reprieve from the urban chaos.
(03:17):
Barba S midnight moment. Charge is a special edit of her
work of the same title Co commissioned by the Museum of
Modern Art, MO ma and the Vega Foundation in Toronto.
Iterations of Charge will also be on view this summer at both
MO ma and Moynihan Train Hall. The Vega Foundation is a Co
Commission. Bianca Abdi Bo Reiki Cotton
(03:40):
Candy August 1st to 31st 2025 Nightly 11 Colon 57 Midnight
Working across sculpture, video,installation, performance, and
painting, Bianca Abdi Boregi creates artworks that often tend
towards the absurd, employing found materials, unexpected
(04:01):
environments, and humor as an entry point to the avant-garde
and cultural critiques. Cotton Candy is Abdi Boreggi as
short experimental film featuring a young woman played
by Joan La Ruca, transfixed in front of a mirror slowly
consuming a bouffant of pink sponge sugar styled atop her
head. Shot in an empty furniture store
(04:23):
in Ridgewood, Queens, the endless rows of chandeliers and
ornate furnishings mirror the repetition and excess of the
protagonist S compulsive consumption.
Abdi Borigi S video performance plays with notions of
fulfillment and offers a surrealist with a touch of
baroque take on the purgatory ofconsumerism in a post
(04:45):
colonialist world. What do we consume and what
consumes us? Asks the artist about YUGE Joe
Huge Joe B 1985 has exhibited nationally and internationally
in prominent art and public venues.
Her work has been featured in the New York magazine Hyper
(05:05):
Allergic and Freeze and recentlyacquired by the Museum of
Contemporary Photography in Chicago and the Carl and Marilyn
Tomas Foundation. Huge is the recipient of the
2024 Joyce Foundation Art to DieAward and a 2021 Artist
Fellowship Award in Media Arts from Illinois Arts Council.
(05:26):
Growing up in the second stage of China S economic reform, Huge
witnessed a massive influx of migration, expansion and
globalization. At the age of 5, she became a
household name in China as the singer for Popular Children STV
series. Huge came to the US almost 2
(05:47):
decades ago to earn a degree in Computer Science and
subsequently moved into video art and installations.
As she has moved between continents and from the East
Coast to the Midwest, she has become deeply intrigued with
coexistence and our social encounters across urban spaces.
Her recent projects explore the geographical, ideological, and
(06:10):
emotional distance between her homeland and America, her
adopted country, and broader challenges of transcending
separation. About Artnet Artnet is the
leading platform for the global art market.
With journalism, insights and tools trusted to broaden the
knowledge of professionals, private collectors and art
(06:30):
enthusiasts alike, Art Net usersand clients are able to navigate
the art market with ease and through its marketplace buy and
sell with confidence. Artnet provides users with the
clearest picture of an ever changing art world and is the
leading global destination for art with more than 60 million
(06:51):
users annually. Art Net ESCO presentation of
huge Joe S midnight moment in June marks the 4th iteration of
an ongoing partnership that celebrates digital art in the
heart of New York City. About Rosa Barba Rosa Barba was
born in Italy and currently lives and works in Berlin.
She studied at the Academy of Media Arts, Cologne, followed by
(07:14):
a fellowship at the Rig Socademivan Biel Dende Koonsten,
Amsterdam, and has completed herPhD with the title on the
Anarchic Organization of Cinematic Spaces, Evoking Spaces
beyond Cinema at the Malmo Faculty of Fun and Performing
Arts, Lund University in 2018. Rosa Barba's work has been
(07:36):
exhibited at prestigious institutions and biennials
worldwide, Mali Museum, Lima. Tate Modern, London.
MO MA New York Center de Creation Contemporane Olivier
Debruh Tours Kilkerna Liubliona Nui National Gallery Berlin,
(07:56):
Yokohama, Triennial Wayno, Altonand Museum of Art, Turku,
Finland, CCA Kitakushu Armory Park Ave.
New York. Constalli, Bremen, Rumi Modern
Saskatoon. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte
Reyna Sofia, Palacio de Crystal Madrid, Virelli Hangar, Baikaka,
(08:21):
Milan, Vienna, Secession Malmo Constall Capc Musy D Art
Contemporane de Bordeaux, Skernkunstalley, Frankfurt,
Albertinem, Dresden and at the MIT List Visual Arts Center,
Cambridge. Ma Barbo participated in the 7th
Beaufort Triennial, Belgium, 32nd Sao Paulo Biennial, 53rd
(08:47):
and 56th Biennale Divinezia, 8thBerlin Biennale for Contemporary
Art, 19th Biennale of Sydney Performa, New York International
Biennial of Contemporary Art of Cartagena de India's Columbia
and Liverpool Biennale. In 2021, Rosa Barba inaugurated
(09:08):
Inside the Outset, evoking a space of passage, a permanent
open air cinema sculpture in theUnited Nations Buffer zone,
Indiana, Cyprus and Pillage of the Sea and a permanent
sculpture in the sea in Ostend, Belgium.
During the Beaufort Biennial. The artist has been awarded
various international prizes andher work is in the permanent
(09:32):
collections of dozens of institutions worldwide.
About the Museum of Modern Art MO Ma Founded in 1929 by three
progressive women under an educational charter, the Museum
of Modern Art connects people from around the world to the art
of our time. MoMA aspires to be a catalyst
(09:52):
for experimentation, learning, and creativity.
A gathering place for all and a home for artists and their
ideas, MoMA realizes its missionby establishing, caring for, and
presenting A dynamic collection of the highest order that
reflects the vitality and complexity of modern and
(10:12):
contemporary art. By welcoming millions of people
every year to explore its exhibitions and participate in
on site and online programs. By sustaining a library,
archives and conservation laboratory that are recognized
as international centers of research and by supporting
innovative scholarship and publications.
(10:34):
About the Vega Foundation The Vega Foundation is committed to
cultivating new ideas and connections through encounters
with artists, film, and video. We provide critical support for
artists through meaningful investments in the production of
ambitious new work and the stewardship of a growing
collection. Vega Escoratorial Program is
(10:55):
dedicated to exhibiting these exceptional works through
collaborations with Canadian andinternational institutions.
By expanding access, we seek to grow appreciation for moving
image practices and facilitate vibrant conversations that
reflect the pressing issues of our time.
Website vegafoundation.com. Instagram at the Vega
(11:18):
Foundation. About Bianca Abdi Borghi Rosa
Barba, B 1972 was born in Italy and currently lives and works in
Berlin. She studied at the Academy of
Media Arts, Cologne, followed bya fellowship at the REEKS
Academia van Bielden de Koonsten, Amsterdam, and has
(11:39):
completed her PhD with the titleon the Anarchic Organization of
Cinematic spaces, Evoking SpacesBeyond Cinema at the Malmo
Faculty of Fun and Performing Arts, Lund University in 2018.
Rosa Barba's work has been exhibited at prestigious
institutions and biennials worldwide.
(12:00):
Mali Museum. Lima.
Tate Modern, London, MO, MA, NewYork.
Center to Creation. Contemporane.
Olivier, Debra. Tours, Kilkerna.
Liubliana. NUI National Gallery, Berlin.
Yokohama. Triennial, Wayno, Alton and
Museum of Art. Turku, Finland.
(12:22):
CCA, Kitakushu. Armory Park Ave.
New York. Kunsthali, Braman.
Rumai. Modern Saskatoon.
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reyna, Sofia, Palacio de
Crystal, Madrid, Pirelli Hangar,Baikaka, Milan, Vienna,
(12:42):
Secession, Malmo Constal Capc. Muzi D Art Contemporane de
Bordeaux, Skern Constalli, Frankfurt, Albertinem Dresden
and at the MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, MA.
Barbo participated in the 7th Beaufort Triennial, Belgium 30
(13:04):
seconds Sao Paulo Biennial, 53rdand 56th Biennale Divinezia, 8th
Berlin Biennale for ContemporaryArt, 19th Biennale of Sydney
Performa, New York InternationalBiennial of Contemporary Art of
Cartagena de India's Columbia and Liverpool Biennale.
(13:24):
In 2021, Rosa Barba inaugurated a permanent open air cinema
sculpture in the United Nations Buffer zone, Indiana, Cyprus and
Pillage of the Sea and a permanent sculpture in the sea
in Ostend during the Beaufort Biennial.
The artist has been awarded various international prizes and
(13:45):
her work is in the permanent collections of dozens of
institutions worldwide. About Times Square Arts Times
Square Arts, the public art program of the Times Square
Alliance, collaborates with contemporary artists and
cultural institutions to experiment and engage with one
of the world's most iconic urbanplaces.
(14:08):
Through the squares, electronic billboards, public plazas,
vacant areas and popular venues,and the Alliance's own online
landscape, Times Square Arts invites leading contemporary
creators such as Charles Gaines,Joan Jonas, Jeffrey Gibson,
Pamela Counsel, Mel Chin, and Kahinda Wiley to help the public
(14:30):
see Times Square in new ways. Times Square has always been a
cultural district and place of risk, innovation and creativity,
and the arts program ensures these qualities remain central
to the district's unique identity.
Featuring works by artists Huge Joe June, Rosa Barba July and
Bianca Abdi Boregi August, TimesSquare Arts, the largest public
platform for contemporary performance and visual arts, is
pleased to present their Midnight Moment summer season.
Featuring video works by multidisciplinary artists Huge
(00:20):
Joe, June, Rosa Barba July, and Bianca Abdi Boregi August,
Midnight Moment is the world's largest, longest running digital
art exhibition, synchronized on over 92 electronic billboards
throughout Times Square nightly from 11:57 PM to midnight, the
Summer 2025 program showcases video works that explore
(00:44):
geopolitics through gymnastics, experiment with cinematic
storytelling using celluloid itself, and stage the absurdity
of our culture of consumption. Huge Joe Trampoline Color
Exercise in partnership with Artnet June 1st to 30th 2025
(01:05):
nightly 11 Colon 57 midnight Huge Joe S hypnotic work
Trampoline color exercise is a moving image collage of leaping
gymnasts whose uniforms and identities shape shift as they
flip and tumble on pink grid trampolines.
Created by manipulating aerial vantage points from archival
broadcasts of Olympic Games footage, the artwork is a bird
(01:28):
SI meditation on the human form and the athletic pursuit of
perfection. The mass of figures also reads
as an abstract play of primary colors.
A timely yet subtle nod to global national flags and
fluctuating affiliations in an ever changing geopolitical
climate. Trampoline Color Exercise was
created over the past few years amid intense political and
(01:51):
international divisions, and it now feels especially timely,
says Joe. I'm thrilled to see it presented
in such an iconic, larger than life space where it will be
experienced by a diverse audience from all over the
world. At its heart, the work is a
celebration of globalization anda reflection on allegiance.
(02:14):
Rosa Barba charge presented withthe Museum of Modern Art, MO,
MA, July 1st to 31st, 2025. Nightly 11 Colon 57 Midnight In
Charge artist Rosa Barba explores light as agent in a
rhythmic, pulsating assemblage activated by landscape radio
(02:36):
waves, color stellar spheres andoptics, and evoke sunsets,
astrophysics, experiments, apparatuses, or planetary
imagery. As part of her broader practice,
Barba S work reflects on human impact on the environment,
drawing inspiration from naturalelements.
(02:57):
For Barba, cinema allows time and space to vibrate collapse,
overlap and extend in a bustlingplace like Times Square, moments
to pause and appreciate the natural beauty of the world are
rare. Charge offers a brief but
crucial reprieve from the urban chaos.
(03:17):
Barba S midnight moment. Charge is a special edit of her
work of the same title Co commissioned by the Museum of
Modern Art, MO ma and the Vega Foundation in Toronto.
Iterations of Charge will also be on view this summer at both
MO ma and Moynihan Train Hall. The Vega Foundation is a Co
Commission. Bianca Abdi Bo Reiki Cotton
(03:40):
Candy August 1st to 31st 2025 Nightly 11 Colon 57 Midnight
Working across sculpture, video,installation, performance, and
painting, Bianca Abdi Boregi creates artworks that often tend
towards the absurd, employing found materials, unexpected
(04:01):
environments, and humor as an entry point to the avant-garde
and cultural critiques. Cotton Candy is Abdi Boreggi as
short experimental film featuring a young woman played
by Joan La Ruca, transfixed in front of a mirror slowly
consuming a bouffant of pink sponge sugar styled atop her
head. Shot in an empty furniture store
(04:23):
in Ridgewood, Queens, the endless rows of chandeliers and
ornate furnishings mirror the repetition and excess of the
protagonist S compulsive consumption.
Abdi Borigi S video performance plays with notions of
fulfillment and offers a surrealist with a touch of
baroque take on the purgatory ofconsumerism in a post
(04:45):
colonialist world. What do we consume and what
consumes us? Asks the artist about YUGE Joe
Huge Joe B 1985 has exhibited nationally and internationally
in prominent art and public venues.
Her work has been featured in the New York magazine Hyper
(05:05):
Allergic and Freeze and recentlyacquired by the Museum of
Contemporary Photography in Chicago and the Carl and Marilyn
Tomas Foundation. Huge is the recipient of the
2024 Joyce Foundation Art to DieAward and a 2021 Artist
Fellowship Award in Media Arts from Illinois Arts Council.
(05:26):
Growing up in the second stage of China S economic reform, Huge
witnessed a massive influx of migration, expansion and
globalization. At the age of 5, she became a
household name in China as the singer for Popular Children STV
series. Huge came to the US almost 2
(05:47):
decades ago to earn a degree in Computer Science and
subsequently moved into video art and installations.
As she has moved between continents and from the East
Coast to the Midwest, she has become deeply intrigued with
coexistence and our social encounters across urban spaces.
Her recent projects explore the geographical, ideological, and
(06:10):
emotional distance between her homeland and America, her
adopted country, and broader challenges of transcending
separation. About Artnet Artnet is the
leading platform for the global art market.
With journalism, insights and tools trusted to broaden the
knowledge of professionals, private collectors and art
(06:30):
enthusiasts alike, Art Net usersand clients are able to navigate
the art market with ease and through its marketplace buy and
sell with confidence. Artnet provides users with the
clearest picture of an ever changing art world and is the
leading global destination for art with more than 60 million
(06:51):
users annually. Art Net ESCO presentation of
huge Joe S midnight moment in June marks the 4th iteration of
an ongoing partnership that celebrates digital art in the
heart of New York City. About Rosa Barba Rosa Barba was
born in Italy and currently lives and works in Berlin.
She studied at the Academy of Media Arts, Cologne, followed by
(07:14):
a fellowship at the Rig Socademivan Biel Dende Koonsten,
Amsterdam, and has completed herPhD with the title on the
Anarchic Organization of Cinematic Spaces, Evoking Spaces
beyond Cinema at the Malmo Faculty of Fun and Performing
Arts, Lund University in 2018. Rosa Barba's work has been
(07:36):
exhibited at prestigious institutions and biennials
worldwide, Mali Museum, Lima. Tate Modern, London.
MO MA New York Center de Creation Contemporane Olivier
Debruh Tours Kilkerna Liubliona Nui National Gallery Berlin,
(07:56):
Yokohama, Triennial Wayno, Altonand Museum of Art, Turku,
Finland, CCA Kitakushu Armory Park Ave.
New York. Constalli, Bremen, Rumi Modern
Saskatoon. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte
Reyna Sofia, Palacio de Crystal Madrid, Virelli Hangar, Baikaka,
(08:21):
Milan, Vienna, Secession Malmo Constall Capc Musy D Art
Contemporane de Bordeaux, Skernkunstalley, Frankfurt,
Albertinem, Dresden and at the MIT List Visual Arts Center,
Cambridge. Ma Barbo participated in the 7th
Beaufort Triennial, Belgium, 32nd Sao Paulo Biennial, 53rd
(08:47):
and 56th Biennale Divinezia, 8thBerlin Biennale for Contemporary
Art, 19th Biennale of Sydney Performa, New York International
Biennial of Contemporary Art of Cartagena de India's Columbia
and Liverpool Biennale. In 2021, Rosa Barba inaugurated
(09:08):
Inside the Outset, evoking a space of passage, a permanent
open air cinema sculpture in theUnited Nations Buffer zone,
Indiana, Cyprus and Pillage of the Sea and a permanent
sculpture in the sea in Ostend, Belgium.
During the Beaufort Biennial. The artist has been awarded
various international prizes andher work is in the permanent
(09:32):
collections of dozens of institutions worldwide.
About the Museum of Modern Art MO Ma Founded in 1929 by three
progressive women under an educational charter, the Museum
of Modern Art connects people from around the world to the art
of our time. MoMA aspires to be a catalyst
(09:52):
for experimentation, learning, and creativity.
A gathering place for all and a home for artists and their
ideas, MoMA realizes its missionby establishing, caring for, and
presenting A dynamic collection of the highest order that
reflects the vitality and complexity of modern and
(10:12):
contemporary art. By welcoming millions of people
every year to explore its exhibitions and participate in
on site and online programs. By sustaining a library,
archives and conservation laboratory that are recognized
as international centers of research and by supporting
innovative scholarship and publications.
(10:34):
About the Vega Foundation The Vega Foundation is committed to
cultivating new ideas and connections through encounters
with artists, film, and video. We provide critical support for
artists through meaningful investments in the production of
ambitious new work and the stewardship of a growing
collection. Vega Escoratorial Program is
(10:55):
dedicated to exhibiting these exceptional works through
collaborations with Canadian andinternational institutions.
By expanding access, we seek to grow appreciation for moving
image practices and facilitate vibrant conversations that
reflect the pressing issues of our time.
Website vegafoundation.com. Instagram at the Vega
(11:18):
Foundation. About Bianca Abdi Borghi Rosa
Barba, B 1972 was born in Italy and currently lives and works in
Berlin. She studied at the Academy of
Media Arts, Cologne, followed bya fellowship at the REEKS
Academia van Bielden de Koonsten, Amsterdam, and has
(11:39):
completed her PhD with the titleon the Anarchic Organization of
Cinematic spaces, Evoking SpacesBeyond Cinema at the Malmo
Faculty of Fun and Performing Arts, Lund University in 2018.
Rosa Barba's work has been exhibited at prestigious
institutions and biennials worldwide.
(12:00):
Mali Museum. Lima.
Tate Modern, London, MO, MA, NewYork.
Center to Creation. Contemporane.
Olivier, Debra. Tours, Kilkerna.
Liubliana. NUI National Gallery, Berlin.
Yokohama. Triennial, Wayno, Alton and
Museum of Art. Turku, Finland.
(12:22):
CCA, Kitakushu. Armory Park Ave.
New York. Kunsthali, Braman.
Rumai. Modern Saskatoon.
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reyna, Sofia, Palacio de
Crystal, Madrid, Pirelli Hangar,Baikaka, Milan, Vienna,
(12:42):
Secession, Malmo Constal Capc. Muzi D Art Contemporane de
Bordeaux, Skern Constalli, Frankfurt, Albertinem Dresden
and at the MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, MA.
Barbo participated in the 7th Beaufort Triennial, Belgium 30
(13:04):
seconds Sao Paulo Biennial, 53rdand 56th Biennale Divinezia, 8th
Berlin Biennale for ContemporaryArt, 19th Biennale of Sydney
Performa, New York InternationalBiennial of Contemporary Art of
Cartagena de India's Columbia and Liverpool Biennale.
(13:24):
In 2021, Rosa Barba inaugurated a permanent open air cinema
sculpture in the United Nations Buffer zone, Indiana, Cyprus and
Pillage of the Sea and a permanent sculpture in the sea
in Ostend during the Beaufort Biennial.
The artist has been awarded various international prizes and
(13:45):
her work is in the permanent collections of dozens of
institutions worldwide. About Times Square Arts Times
Square Arts, the public art program of the Times Square
Alliance, collaborates with contemporary artists and
cultural institutions to experiment and engage with one
of the world's most iconic urbanplaces.
(14:08):
Through the squares, electronic billboards, public plazas,
vacant areas and popular venues,and the Alliance's own online
landscape, Times Square Arts invites leading contemporary
creators such as Charles Gaines,Joan Jonas, Jeffrey Gibson,
Pamela Counsel, Mel Chin, and Kahinda Wiley to help the public
(14:30):
see Times Square in new ways. Times Square has always been a
cultural district and place of risk, innovation and creativity,
and the arts program ensures these qualities remain central
to the district's unique identity.
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