Follow Stereotank as they transform two plastic septic tanks into a glowing, pulsing sound machine in their winning design for the 2015 Times Square Valentine Heart competition. The competition was a collaboration between Times Square Arts and The Architectural League.
Brooklyn-based studio Stereotank’s HeartBeat was chosen as the winner of the 2015 Times Square Valentine Heart. HeartBeat is a glowing, pulsing urban drum. This interactive sculpture consists of a massive heart with a pulsing light that is modulated to the rhythm of a deep heartbeat sound. Visitors are encouraged to engage with it by playing various percussion instruments to create rhythmic noises that replace the sound of the heartbeat. The audience is invited to come together and creatively play, listen, dance and feel the vibrations of the heart while enjoying the warm pulsating light. In the emblematic, active, flickering atmosphere of Times Square, HeartBeat orchestrates multiple rhythms into a unique urban concert.
For more, visit archleague.org/heartbeat.
Video directed by Ryland McIntyre.
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