6. Midnight Moment at Times Square
Times Square Arts is hosting a major “Midnight Moment” the whole summer of 2023. The world’s largest, longest running digital art exhibition will include works by multiple artists, and July features MILAGRO | PAYAPA by Victoria Fard. Every night during the month, from 11:57pm to midnight, 90 electronic billboards throughout Times Square will synchronize, featuring Fard’s digital simulation of a beautifully colored ecosystem. For just three minutes, a sanctuary of wooden kubos, prodigious arowana fish, and pastel skyscrapers amidst pockets of flowering plants, wild creatures and a lush hybrid landscape will light up the city.
Fard’s display creates a fantasy world where nature seamlessly grows and connects with its environment. ‘Milagro’ translates to ‘miracle’ in Filipino and Spanish and ‘Payapa’ means ‘peaceful’ in Filipino. Inspired by her own Filipino and Persian heritage, Fard formed her 3D world as a place of nostalgic peace that invites viewers to connect, explore, imagine, and reflect. Her work employs themes of nature and heritage with the hope of preserving them through immersive forms of storytelling, and since New York will be seeing her work every night for the next month, the message is sure to make an impact.
