Full view of the Metronome in 2015 Metronome is a large public located along of in. The work was commissioned by the, developers of One Union Square South, with the participation of the and the. The $4.2 million provided by the developer makes it one of the largest private commissions of public art. The artwork was created by and consists of several sections, including a round circular void from which puffs of white steam are released throughout the day, and a clock made of large orange digits. Installation of Metronome began in February 1999, and its dedication took place on October 26, 1999.

View from a distance On the left side of the work is a set of fifteen large digits, called 'The Passage', which display the time in format. The seven leftmost digits show the time in conventional, as hours (2 digits), minutes (2 digits), seconds (2 digits), tenths of a second (1 digit). The seven rightmost digits display the amount of time remaining in a 24-hour day, as tenths of a second (1 digit), seconds (2 digits), minutes (2 digits), hours (2 digits). The center digit represents hundredths of a second. For instance, if the clock reads ' 80304', it means that time is 19:56 (7:56 ) and 41.1 seconds, and that there are 04 hours, 03 minutes, and 18.9 seconds remaining in the day.

For a few months in 2005, the clock on Metronome did not give the time of day, but instead counted down the time until the was to announce the host city of the. New York City ultimately lost to. The clock showed the wrong figures for over a year in 2010–2011 until, in June 2011, the dial-up connection it had previously used to obtain an reading was updated. As viewed from the southern end of Metronome and One Union Square, the building to which it is attached, have not been well received by critics or the public. Kristin Jones, co-creator of the work, complains that it is 'the most unloved piece of public art in the city'. Among Metronome's critics are architecture critic, who described it as 'Pretentious. The artists' basic miscalculation was to assume that a large surface called for comparably big forms.

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It's just some space in a box with a leaky hole in it.' The put One Union Square at #2 on its '10 Buildings We Love to Hate' list, calling it 'a grotesque modern nightmare.' James Gaynor of the wrote of Metronome, 'Fail so big that no one can do anything about it. New York now has its very own, a site (and sight) of cultural pilgrimage where the death of aesthetics can be contemplated.' In various, the public has written of Metronome: 'Well-intentioned, but ultimately flat, corporate art. It is a confounding installation based on a contrived theme ('the impossibility of knowing Time')'; '[a] gigantic waste of time, space, and money [that] seems like a satire on all public monuments'; and 'a colossal waste of a facade'. However, one respondent felt that Metronome was 'a large and very elegant digital hourglass; time 'pours' from the numbers on the right to the left.

The other elements are likewise very thoughtful and sophisticated ruminations on time, its passage and the ways in which we mark it.' • • Retrieved June 14, 2011 • Kristin Jones, Andrew Ginzel. Archived from on November 19, 2008. Everything you need to know about Union Square in New York City, including where to dine, shop, go out and see live music.

NYC Parks and the Union Square Partnership, in partnership with, Marlborough Gallery, welcomes Dale Chihuly's eye-catching Rose Crystal Tower to the Union. Over his 50-year career, the artist has become known for his iconic glass sculptures and ambitious architectural installations in historic cities. Retrieved February 15, 2008. • The New Yorker, 'Talk of the Town', July 4, 2005 •, ', Herbert Muschamp. January 2, 2000. • The New York Post, '10 Buildings We Love to Hate', January 9, 2000 •, ', James Gaynor. October 11, 1999.

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