由艺术家兼设计师兼活动家Sebastian Errazuriz最新设计的公共艺术装置“blu Marble”将于2019年3月13日在纽约展出。“blu Marble”是一个巨大的LED装置，高20英尺，描绘了地球在太空中的实时景象。无论是白天还是黑夜，公众们都可以看到这个构筑物，从而可以将自己置身于一个从未体验过的空间形式和尺度中，进而思考自己的存在。这个具有反思意义的项目为人们提供了一个新的视角，去思考自己在宇宙和空间中的存在形式，同时也有助于人类针对于现状，做出一些积极的改变。

New York, NY – March 7, 2019 – Artist, designer, and activist Sebastian Errazuriz will present his latest public artwork “blu Marble” in New York beginning March 13, 2019. blu Marble is a monumental, 20-foot, LED structure depicting a live stream of the Earth from space. Visible by day and night, blu Marble invites the public to consider their presence in a form and scale that was never experienced before. This contemplative work offers new perspective on our existence and hopes to help humanity make positive change.

▼项目外观，blu Marble是一个LED装置，展示着地球在太空中的实时影像，exterior view, blu Marble is a LED structure depicting a live stream of the Earth from space

“blu Marble提醒着我们：我们的存在是非常脆弱的。它从地球——宇宙中微小的一个空间的层面上去探讨我们存在的意义，让我们在有限的生存时间内，能够正确认识并呵护地球这个脆弱而美丽的星球，”Sebastian Errazuriz解释道。

“blu Marble is a reminder of our miraculously fragile existence. It places our very existence in perspective at a global level – as a tiny spec in space – beckoning us to live fully with an awareness and mindfulness of our limited time on this vulnerable and beautiful planet,” explains Sebastian Errazuriz.

▼通过投影将地球的实时影像映照在新当代艺术博物馆顶层的外墙上，the live stream of the Earth from space is projected on the exterior wall of the top floor of the New Museum

The groundbreaking project will be launched in Manhattan on March 13th, showcased at 159 Ludlow Street with a private launch at Richard Taittinger Gallery. For one night only, there will be a neighborhood display in cooperation with the New Museum, where blu Marble will transform the Manhattan skyline. The artwork features a custom-created LED screen that projects Earth in real time from space. To obtain this imagery, Sebastian’s team created a bot that scrapes live photographs from a NASA satellite and merges them in an exclusive software that generates a slow progression between still images to compose a live video of Earth as seen from space. Typically used to monitor and study daily variations of vegetation, ozone, aerosols, clouds, reflectivity, etc., these new-generation satellites allow the live stream of our ever-changing Earth. The audience passing by the installation at night sees a partially dark Earth with clusters of light and, in contrast, meteorological conditions during the day.

▼项目手绘效果，the sketches

▼项目手绘效果，地球的实时影像被投射在新当代艺术博物馆顶层的外墙上，the sketches, the live stream of the Earth from space is projected on the New Museum