Tibor Kalman and Scott Stowell covered a large billboard on the police information center in Times Square with the word EVERYBODY. Like a one-word poem, it could refer to the multitudes who come to or pass through Times Square. It could also suggest that somehow Times Square is a symbol of the world's people at a crossroads-maybe in need of "redevelopment." Several chairs are mounted above the platform at the base of the sign, hoepfully to be used by anybody for a rest, to take a picture or to observe "everybody" passing by.
"It embodies the spirit of the whole project," said Cee Brown, executive director of Creative Time, "our goal is to get American people more familiar with who artists are and why they do what they do." ("In Times Square, Art Conquers Kung Fu," Carol Vogel, The New York Times: July 7, 1993.)
Artists' Biography
Born in Budapest in 1949, Tibor Kalman came to America in 1956; in 1979 he founded the design studio M&Co, producing multi-disciplinary design for clients such as Benetton, Chiat/Day, Knoll, Talking Heads and Restaurant Florent. His work is in the permanent design collections of MoMA, NY and the Cooper-Hewitt Museum. Mr. Kalman is part of the two-man design team working to renovate and rejuvenate Times Square.
Scott Stowell was a senior designer at M&Co for three years; in 1992 the sculpture he designed with artist Allen Ruppersberg was acquired for the permanent collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art.
History of the Site
