Times Square Alliance's Heart Sculpture Glows For Valentine's Day

NEW YORK -- There's a giant red heart in the middle of New York City's Times Square that can measure love's pulse.

Touch the heart and it starts to beat. Hold hands or kiss and the 10-foot-high interactive work glows brighter and beats faster.

It's an installation celebrating Valentine's Day, courtesy of the Times Square Alliance.

It's designed by the architectural firm BIG.

The sculpture consists of 400 transparent LED acrylic tubes that form a cube around a suspended heart. The area's neon lights are refracted in the tubes.

The heart's rhythm quickens the more people touch a sensor near the heart.

BIG says the heart reflects what Times Square is famous for – people and light.

The sculpture will remain on view through the end of the month.

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Comments

[merdar]

01:33 PM on 02/09/2012

Think Energy is donating $1 to the Hope & Heroes Cancer Fund for every picture taken in front of the heart and posted on their Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/MyThinkEnergy

[keezze]

09:42 PM on 02/07/2012

love me tender, love me sweet

[moch5team]

08:24 PM on 02/07/2012

Nice, no video. GJHP.

[dblueII]

09:58 PM on 02/07/2012

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSSe7aycx_U
Ta Da!

[theone26]

07:20 PM on 02/07/2012

Gonna go see this, might be fun.

[demonskin]

06:58 PM on 02/07/2012

aww and what does miami,fl ever get? oh..luxury dirty disgusting beaches how could i forget. Time square wanna trade!?

[Annette Hammond]

06:42 PM on 02/07/2012

Is there a video on this any where?

[Brandy Fein]

10:19 PM on 02/07/2012

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSSe7aycx_U

[drmadhobo]

05:51 PM on 02/07/2012

Obviously it's the companion cube.

[Steven Pedullo]

04:27 PM on 02/07/2012

perfect for times square