The 59th Minute

ARTISTS

AN INTRODUCTION

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As part of Creative Time’s history of presenting innovative art of all disciplines to invigorate New York’s public spaces, The 59th Minute: Video Art on the NBC Astrovision by Panasonic presents a unique opportunity for video art to be viewed within the world’s most famous media capital: Times Square.

Beginning in 2000 with a special screening of Tibor Kalman’s “Tiborisms,” The 59th Minute has been a consistent platform for the presentation of new and historic video by both emerging and established artists. The 59th Minute’s goal is to offer artists a special opportunity to present their work in a remarkable public space.

Creative Time, an early advocate of video art in public spaces, has presented video art since the early 1980s with projections in the Brooklyn Bridge Anchorage, on a Columbus Circle façade, and on the ceiling of Grand Central Station. The 59th Minute airs the last minute of every hour of the Astrovision programming day (6 am–1 am) with the exception of two daily preemptions from 7-10 am and 6-7 pm.