'Sensory' Art Installation Coming To South Street Seaport

SOUTH STREET SEAPORT DISTRICT, NY — South Street Seaport is getting an unusual public art installation next month that promises an "immersive sensory adventure."

The South Street Seaport District is getting an outdoor public light show, but with a twist: The lights will react to sound and warmth. The cobblestone streets of the Seaport District will get spheres of various sizes, all of which will be filled with thousands of LED lights. Those lights, in turn, will change colors and light up in response to different stimuli.

The unusual light show comes from Symmetry Labs, the art and design studio that's created installations for Burning Man and the Super Bowl, among other high-profile clients.

The exhibit is scheduled to open on Dec. 5. You can reserve a ticket for the opening night festivities here. Once it's open, the exhibit will run from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. every evening through March 2018.

We've reached out to the organizers for more updates on the exhibit, and will update this post when we hear back.

You can see a preview of the exhibit here:

Image credit: Sensory Labs