Chilean activist and artist Sebastiano Errazuriz signs the work in downtown New York with a live broadcast from a NASA satellite in space
Submitted at Mar 14, 2019, 10:28 AM
Chilean activist and artist Sebastiano Errazuriz's latest project is a 20-foot-tall public sculpture in downtown New York City, featuring a live feed from a NASA satellite in space. 
The monumental structure, titled Blu Marble, involves a custom-made LED screen and a smart bot built by Errazuriz and his team. The robot works to select live photographs captured from the satellite and stitch them together using a special program to create a live video sequence. of planet Earth. Typically used to monitor and study daily variations in vegetation, ozone, aerosols, clouds, reflectivity, etc., these new generation satellites enable live streaming of our ever-changing Earth. The audience passing by installation at night sees a partially dark Earth with clusters of light and, in contrast, daytime weather conditions. 
The innovative project debuted in Manhattan on March 13 at 159 Ludlow Street, with a private launch at the Richard Taittinger Gallery. For one night only, there will be an exhibition in the neighborhood in cooperation with the New Museum, when Blu Marble will transform the Manhattan skyline. 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of the first person to walk on the Moon. This historic moment changed human perspectives on limitation and possibility. Three years later, when Apollo 17 was on its final lunar mission, the crew took the The famous “Blue Marble” photo depicting the first image of Earth from space and the most reproduced photograph of Earth. The Blu Marble pays homage to the iconic image by bringing it to life and substantially increasing its size to raise awareness of our need for perspective and introspection. . 
The project was made possible thanks to the support of the innovative company Fontem Ventures, owner of one of the first e-cigarette brands in the US, Blu, as part of a new campaign, “Pledge World by Blu”, which aims to make the dreams of adult consumers come true. as they embark on a potentially groundbreaking journey. The company invited Sebastian Errazuriz to make a promise, through Pledge World, for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make their ambitions a reality. Through Pledge World, Blu has helped adult consumers make reality your life experiences and your choices for a more positive life.
