Antony Gormley’s ‘Event Horizon’ Installed at 204 Fifth

We have a new staffer here at our offices at 204 Fifth Avenue; he doesn’t say much, and spends most of his time up on the roof, gazing at the skyline. We are excited to be part of Event Horizon, the U.S. public art debut of the acclaimed British sculptor Antony Gormley. Presented by the Madison Square Park Conservancy as part of its Mad. Sq. Art series, Event Horizon is an installation of 31 life-size body forms of Gormley cast in iron and fiberglass that will inhabit the streets and rooftops around Madison Square Park from March 26 through August 15.

The figure on our building is the first to be installed and will be joined in the coming weeks by 26 others placed on rooftops and parapets as high as 55 stories up on landmarks including the Flatiron Building, the New York Life Building, the Clock Tower Building (formerly the MetLife Building), 200 Fifth Avenue (formerly the Toy Building) and the Empire State Building. Four more figures will be installed at ground level in the park. (Complete map of locations here.)

Antony Gormley originally created Event Horizon for his Blind Light exhibition at London’s Hayward Gallery in 2007. The sculptures were installed on bridges, rooftops and streets along the South Bank of the Thames, and the exhibition became one of the most popular installations of public art in the city’s history.

Madison Square Park hosts an impressive range of exhibitions, performances, festivals and food (hello, Shake Shack!), all right at our doorstep. We’ve been designing the graphics for the park and its programs since 2003.

Pics of the installation after the jump.