{"id":182401,"date":"2026-04-01T17:46:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T17:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/182401\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T17:46:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T17:46:10","slug":"check-out-a-new-neon-pink-bird-sculpture-in-nycs-prospect-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/182401\/","title":{"rendered":"Check Out a New Neon Pink Bird Sculpture in NYC’s Prospect Park"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new public artwork has landed\u2014well, technically, it\u2019s hovering\u2014over the Lullwater in Brooklyn\u2019s Prospect Park<\/a>. Think a flock of neon-pink birds, suspended midair, with wings fluttering in the breeze.<\/p>\n

The installation, dubbed\u00a0The Journey, by Brooklyn-based artist Risha Gorig, is now on view along the shoreline near the park\u2019s historic Boathouse through August 31. Presented by NYC Parks\u2019 Art in the Parks program<\/a> and the Prospect Park Alliance, the piece turns a quiet stretch of water into something both thought-provoking and surreal.<\/p>\n

Set 15 feet above the ground, the kinetic birds catch the wind and move in loose formation, meant to symbolize migration. It\u2019s not just a pretty spectacle, though. Gorig\u2019s work considers the deeper meanings of the act, as it relates to a shared human experience shaped by movement, displacement and the search for stability.<\/p>\n

\u201cSurviving in urban landscapes such as our cities is hard for everybody\u2014animals and humans alike,\u201d Gorig said. \u201cTo find food and shelter and a place to call home is what we all strive for.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gorig\u2019s choice of Prospect Park for the installation isn\u2019t accidental. The park sits along the Atlantic Flyway, a major migration route that sees more than 250 bird species pass through each year. It\u2019s also home to Brooklyn\u2019s last remaining upland forest and its only lake, making it one of the borough\u2019s most important ecological pockets, even if most visitors just think of it as a great place for a picnic.<\/p>\n

\u201cBringing thought-provoking public artwork like The Journey to our public parks both enhances our public realm and sparks conversations among New Yorkers,\u201d said Tricia Shimamura, the NYC Parks Commissioner. \u201cThis inventive installation speaks to Prospect Park\u2019s critical role as a habitat for diverse wildlife.\u201d<\/p>\n

If you want to meet the artist and see the work in motion (and maybe feel a little poetic about it), there\u2019s an official opening celebration on April 19<\/a> as part of the park\u2019s Earth Day festivities. Expect nature walks, performances and a closer look at how the installation came together.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Consider it a new reason to linger by the water.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new public artwork has landed\u2014well, technically, it\u2019s hovering\u2014over the Lullwater in Brooklyn\u2019s Prospect Park. Think a flock…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":182402,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1149,8944,9,8945,56,63,65,64],"class_list":{"0":"post-182401","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-art","9":"tag-categories-art","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-news-art","12":"tag-ny","13":"tag-nyc","14":"tag-nyc-headlines","15":"tag-nyc-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182401\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/182402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}