Engineering-minded artist Jim Campbell is the latest to set up shop in Manhattan’s Madison Square Park, fusing light and motion in a trio of installations. A colossal matrix of 2,000 LED bulbs—20′ high by 80′ wide—hovers over the Oval Lawn. Viewed from the front, the flickers create the illusion of shadowy figures trapped in a hailstorm or maybe a fuzzy black-and-white TV.
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