Documented artwork / temporary public moving-image installation
A Pause in the City That Never Sleeps
Credit as documented: Sebastian Errazuriz
Sebastian Errazuriz presented A Pause in the City That Never Sleeps in Times Square during January 2015. A repeating black-and-white image of a yawn interrupted the surrounding field of colorful advertising. The simple gesture invited viewers to respond physically while considering the pressure of continual information. Times Square Arts documents a nightly three-minute presentation immediately before midnight, distributed along Broadway between 41st and 49th Streets in New York.
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At a glance
- Year / version
- 2015
- Materials
- black-and-white moving image
- Documented setting
- outdoor
- Dimensions
- Not documented
- Dimensions apply to
- Not documented
- Availability
- Unconfirmed
Places & versions
Installation history
Historical presentations. A past installation does not establish the current location or suitability for a new site.
January 1–31, 2015; nightly 11:57 p.m.–midnight
Broadway between 41st and 49th Streets, Times Square, New York
- Site
- Broadway between 41st and 49th Streets
- City
- New York
- State / region
- NY
- Country
- United States (inferred; not independently confirmed)
- Start date
- 2015-01-01
- End date
- 2015-01-31
- Date meaning
- documented
Installation details checked 2026-10-17.
Materials and construction
The program ran January 1–31, with a January 17 gathering involving the artist as the culminating event of Performance Space 122's COIL Festival. Its medium and timing belong to a scheduled moving-image presentation; the source does not describe a permanent sculptural object.
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- www.timessquarenyc.org ↗ · Checked 2026-10-17