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If you find yourself strolling through Dumbo in the next month, make sure to stay until sundown. Starting this month and continuing until the end of May, the iconic neighborhood is bringing back its large-scale projection series, which will display huge works of art on the Manhattan Bridge and the BQE, all for free.
The Dumbo Projection Project began displaying this season's artwork earlier this month and will continue on through May 25 from dusk til 11pm, Wednesdays through Sundays.
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If you're looking to find the perfect spot to see the art, make sure you have a clear line of vision towards the Manhattan Bridge on both the Pearl Street and Adams Street sides, as well as along the BQE at Susan Smith McKinney Seward Park.
From now until April 27, you'll be able to catch a glimpse of SPACE, an exhibition that explores space in its many manifestations, including what it means to be in space, to have space, and to be a part of space. If you want to know what you're looking at specifically, here it is: On the Manhattan Bridge, you'll see Runway: From the Mars Desert Research Station and Does it work on Mars? by Juan José Cielo. Then, on the BQE in Susan Smith McKinney Steward Park, you'll catch a glimpse of artwork called Letters to Home II by Leonardo Madriz.
If you plan to check out the projections from May 1 to May 25, the exhibition on display will be Unexpected Delight!, an installation created by the Interactive Telecommunications Program graduate students at NYU. As the name suggests, the theme of those projections is "unexpected delight," which aims to surprise passerby and encourage them to marvel at the spaces we occupy and as well as the infrastructure around us. It's a fancy way of saying prepare to be gagged by the art.
If you want more in-depth information on the art on display, projection tours will be given monthly during the neighborhood’s First Thursday Gallery Walks. Details will be posted on the Dumbo Improvement District’s website.
While you're in the area, you should check out Time Out Market's many weekly events, parties and food offerings—just sayin'.