Location: Pedestrian island between 46th and 45th Streets, New York City Dimensions: triangle 6 x 12 meters. Accessible 24 hours per day.
Photo: Max Neuhaus in Times Square, 2007.
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Max Neuhaus's project for Times Square was sponsored by the Times Square Business Improvement District, organized by Christine Burgin, and realized in collaboration with MTA Arts for Transit. This project is made possible through the generous help and financial support of the following residents of Times Square: Bertelsmann, Inc.; Condé Nast; Forest City Ratner Companies; New York Marriott Marquis; The New York Times Company, Inc.; and The Rudin Family.
Neuhaus’ Times Square was discontinued in 1992 then later brought back in 2002 by the Dia Art Foundation, which currently maintains the work.
The Times Square Street Business Improvement District (BID), and Christine Burgin collaborated with MTA Arts for Transit and Dia to reinstate the project in May of 2002 as a permanent piece in the Collection of Dia Art Foundation. Visitors and residents in Times Square may experience the artwork 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
The Dia foundation has long collaborated with sound and installation artists and has exhibited works by the likes of land artist Michael Heizer, multimedia artist Bruce Nauman, and sound artist Camille Norment.
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Proposal: UNDERGROUND MUSIC(S) By Max Neuhaus, 1974
MNE-Photos Time Square (Selected).pdf
MNE-PRESS Time Square (Selected).pdf
MNE-DRAW Time Square (selected) 1977-2002.pdf
A proposal for Max Neuhaus's Times Square sound installation, submitted to the Rockefeller Foundation in March 1974, is preserved in the foundation's archive. The proposal provided details on the technology and concept for the work, which was originally installed in 1977.
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MNE-DOC. HEAR INC. 1975 - 76.pdf