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Headline: Out Of This World: Artist Livestreams Images Of Earth From Space In Mesmerizing Public Art Installation

Caption: An artist has unveiled an out of this world installation which sees a 20-foot, LED structure depicting a live stream of the Earth from space. Artist, designer, and activist Sebastian Errazuriz presented his latest public artwork “blu Marble” in New York on Wednesday (13Mar19). 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. 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. “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. The groundbreaking project is on display in Manhattan located at 159 Ludlow Street and had a private launch at Richard Taittinger Gallery. For one night only, there was also a neighborhood display in cooperation with the New Museum, where blu Marble transformed the Manhattan skyline.

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