![Image: a digital/electronic artwork by nova Milne that mashes up old home movie footage in blue tones with soft-colored digital overlays bringing the past in conversation with the present.](https://www.nyfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AFP2020nova_Lead-150x150.png)
![Image: a digital/electronic artwork by nova Milne that mashes up old home movie footage in blue tones with soft-colored digital overlays bringing the past in conversation with the present.](https://www.nyfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AFP2020nova_HP1-150x150.png)
![Image: a digital/electronic artwork by nova Milne that mashes up old home movie footage in blue tones with soft-colored digital overlays bringing the past in conversation with the present.](https://www.nyfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AFP2020nova_HP2-150x150.png)
![Image: A nurse with long brown hair poses on a New York City sidewalk wearing a headband, mask, scrubs, and an ID card. The background is blurred and they stand smiling and in focus in the center of the frame.](https://www.nyfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/CUNYNYHS_Lead-150x150.png)
![Image: A rectangular screen sits, suspended in air, on a custom-made metal frame within a gallery-like setting. The screen is separated into three parts, with a collage-like image placed within.](https://www.nyfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/AFPInfoSession_Blog2-150x150.png)
![Image: Close up image of a woman dancing. She is dancing and looking towards the sky, in the direction of the camera. The woman's curly blond hair moves in the air along with her dance movement. She is wearing a brown, yellow and black paisley patterned shirt and a large black skirt.](https://www.nyfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/JuliaLoiza-1-150x150.png)
![Image: Part of a series of large watercolors, depicting vast landscapes collaged together from various Ford commercials from the past to the present. Each watercolor has a bed or an office where Amazon Mechanical turk workers do their work.](https://www.nyfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/dd_blog4-150x150.png)
![Image Detail: A video still appears on a three-panel screen and is displayed in a custom powder-coated steel sculptural frame above a custom hand-tufted carpet in a gallery setting.](https://www.nyfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/novaMilne_Blog2-150x150.png)
![Image: Video still of grainy home movie footage collaged with footage from the present day; the focus is on an individual who is pictured from behind a digital screen.](https://www.nyfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/novaMilne_Blog3-150x150.png)
![Photo of 3 actors all in their late 20's, from left, Alexis Floyd as Sherrie: African-American woman, iris menas as Alex: non-binary white person, Aury Krebs as Tyler: Asian woman. Photo by Eric McNatt.](https://www.nyfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/WomensFund_FictionWeb-150x150.png)
![Image composite featuring headshots of Marylyn Dintenfass, Carmelita Tropicana, and Anne del Castillo, and an image of Brookfield Properties.](https://www.nyfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Hof2023_Blog-150x150.png)
![Image composite featuring headshots of Marylyn Dintenfass, Carmelita Tropicana, and Anne del Castillo, and an image of Brookfield Properties.](https://www.nyfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Hof2023_NewBlog-150x150.png)
![In the foreground, a sculpture roughly carved from a wildfire-charred 8-foot tall tree trunk depicts the somewhat ghoulish head of a woman with no eyes, her braided hair tied into a bun. Viewed from behind, the carving faces US Steel’s Clairton Coke Works, the largest manufacturer of refined coal in the US.](https://www.nyfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/AWAW23_Blog1-150x150.png)
![A group of black furniture in front of a window with yellow lighting, smaller lighting devices displayed on top of the furniture.](https://www.nyfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/QAF2024_HP1-150x150.png)
![Installation shot of images by Jonathan Gardenhire on a white gallery wall](https://www.nyfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Residencies_Blog5-150x150.png)
NYFA Fellow shows film in Times Square
Leslie Thornton (Fellowship, Film, 1988 and 1999) shows her film Binocular Menagerie on Times Square’s large-scale electronic billboards this May as part of the Midnight Moment program series.
From the official press release, courtesy of ArtfixDaily Artwire™:
Animals of all kinds will fill Times Square’s spectacular screens in May, turning the square into an urban jungle every night with Leslie Thornton’s film Binocular Menagerie. Thornton’s Midnight Moment film will premiere just before midnight on Thursday, May 1st, and play every night throughout May from 11:57 p.m.–midnight. Midnight Moment, celebrating its two year anniversary with this program, is a monthly presentation of The Times Square Advertising Coalition (TSAC) and Times Square Arts. Thornton’s film is presented in partnership with the Winkleman Gallery.