The Parrish Art Museum will present “Collider,” a new public artwork by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, as part of its annual façade installation series. Made up of hundreds of small LED spotlights that create a calm, rippling curtain of light along the museum’s exterior south wall, “Collider,” which debuted on October 14, is now visible from Montauk Highway and up close from the museum’s meadow. The piece will be on view through November 16, 2025, and the lights react in real-time to invisible cosmic radiation from outer space, originating from stars and black holes, detected by a custom-made muon detector installed at the museum. “Collider” follows façade installations by JR, Hank Willis Thomas, Martin Creed and Clifford Ross.
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer’s “Collider” is organized by Corinne Erni, Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman, chief curator of art and education, with additional support from Kaitlin Halloran, associate curator and publications manager.
Parrish Art Museum is at 279 Montauk Highway in Water Mill. Visit parrishart.org for details.
Staff Writer on Oct 22, 2024