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Metronome - GOR-194570-cE22

Metronome, a large digital number installation overlooking 14th Street.
Metronome Art Installation (1999) by Kristin Jones and Andrew Ginzel, One Union Square, New York City

Sept. 20, 2020, the digital clock got reprogrammed. The Metronome is currently a Climate Clock representing two messages: the time left to dramatically reduce carbon emissions and the estimated percentage of the world’s energy being supplied by renewable sources.

Over a hundred feet high, it fills the outside wall of a building that faces Union Square. Plumes of white steam occasionally puff out of a hole ("The Infinity") at the center of a bulls-eye of 24 carat gold-covered bricks ("The Vortex"), topped by a giant hand ("The Relic"), none of which has
much to do with telling time -- except for the puffs, which are especially big at noon and midnight.

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Metronome, a large digital number installation overlooking 14th Street. <br /> Metronome Art Installation (1999) by Kristin Jones and Andrew Ginzel, One Union Square, New York City <br /> <br /> Sept. 20, 2020, the digital clock got reprogrammed. The Metronome is currently a Climate Clock representing two messages: the time left to dramatically reduce carbon emissions and the estimated percentage of the world’s energy being supplied by renewable sources. <br /> <br /> Over a hundred feet high, it fills the outside wall of a building that faces Union Square. Plumes of white steam occasionally puff out of a hole ("The Infinity") at the center of a bulls-eye of 24 carat gold-covered bricks ("The Vortex"), topped by a giant hand ("The Relic"), none of which has <br /> much to do with telling time -- except for the puffs, which are especially big at noon and midnight.
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