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A new public art installation on the side of Rochester Contemporary Art Center by Thai artist Ong Siraphisut.
If you’re walking East Avenue during daylight hours this summer and fall, you might find your eyes drawn to a shimmering wall facing a pocket park off Broadway. An installation of mirrored stickers affixed to the exterior of the neighboring Rochester Contemporary Art Center catches the light in such a way that it makes a glittering almost-mirage that beckons passersby to pause, look closer, and follow the instructions the work spells out: “BREATHE.”
The work, the latest public art installation presented by Rochester Contemporary, was created by multidisciplinary Thai artist Pisithpong “Ong” Siraphisut, who recently relocated to Rochester with his wife and son. “BREATHE” is Siraphisut’s first public art project in this country, and his second artwork made in response to the pandemic. It is scheduled to be on view through Nov. 15.