A Japanese artist, Tomokazu Matsuyama, has made headlines for creating a three-minute video that spans across ninety-six different screens in New York’s Times Square. Every night until April 30, the video plays at 11:57 PM until 12 AM. The art piece is called “Morning Again.”
Tomokazu Matsuyama started creating his art pieces at the age of twenty-five and has created several large-scale art pieces since then. He first went to a college to get a degree in art and found himself loving it. His most recent piece, “Morning Again,” has been displayed every night starting on the first of April and will last until the end of April.
The digital art piece has conveyed four different feelings in people as they watch the three-minute video take over ads. The piece provides them with feelings of hope, rhythm, self-expression, and transformation as bright colours flash across the various screens it is shown on.
“Morning Again” stretches along the 41st and 49th streets in New York’s Times Square. Many tourists and locals love to watch the video play out every night as a way to pass the time and enjoy something quick.
An article on Hypebeast says, “The work highlights how diverse cultural energies intersect and overlap, creating a shared urban identity.” It helps show how the piece aligns with the vision of the art, showing off how a piece as big as the “Morning Again” doesn’t have to show just one culture’s artistic integrity, but rather it shows how different media and cultures can turn into a masterpiece enjoyed by many throughout the days you can see it.
