{"id":847921,"date":"2026-09-14T21:46:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T21:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/847921\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T21:46:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T21:46:15","slug":"a-twisted-sculpture-lands-on-manhattans-high-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/847921\/","title":{"rendered":"A Twisted Sculpture Lands on Manhattan&#8217;s High Line"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                <a class=\"gh-article-tag\" href=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/tag\/news\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gh-article-excerpt is-body\">The inflatable cavatappi-shaped artwork, inspired by fashion house Bulgari\u2019s serpent motif, will remain on view through New York Fashion Week. <\/p>\n<p>                            <a href=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/author\/anna-lee\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-profile-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/anna-lee.jpg\" alt=\"Anna Lee\"\/><br \/>\n                            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    <a href=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/author\/anna-lee\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anna Lee<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n                        September 14, 2026<br \/>\n                            \u2014 3 min read\n                    <\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_4274.jpeg\" alt=\"A Twisted Sculpture Lands on Manhattan's High Line\"\/><br \/>\n            In Manhattan, a sculpture titled &#8220;auroBOROS\u2014Urban Memory and Collective Dream&#8221; has landed on the High Line. (all photos Anna Lee\/Hyperallergic)<\/p>\n<p>A pre-pasta-rous sculpture has wormed its way to Manhattan\u2019s High Line, wedged between the park\u2019s flora like one of Carrie Bradshaw\u2019s ringlets from Sex and the City.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Created by Berlin-based duo Plastique Fantastique (Marco Canevacci and Yena Young), &#8220;auroBOROS\u2014Urban Memory and Collective Dream&#8221; will remain above Little West 12th Street in the Meatpacking District through September 20, running concurrently with New York Fashion Week. The robust noodle is an abstract take on fashion house Bulgari\u2019s enduring serpent motif, which has inspired <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sothebys.com\/en\/articles\/the-history-of-bulgari-serpenti-collection?ref=hyperallergic.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">decades<\/a>\u2019 worth of jewelry that would set the average New Yorker back a decade\u2019s rent.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Although the installation appears to be cast in gold at first glance, a hissing sound grows louder upon closer inspection. \u201cAuroBOROS\u201d is a synthetic inflatable, reminiscent of a foil birthday balloon,\u00a0and the noise comes from two jumbo air pumps that keep the sculpture in the taut likeness of King Midas\u2019s large intestine.<\/p>\n<p>    Create a free account, or sign in to continue reading.<\/p>\n<p>Registered readers of Hyperallergic get access to a limited number of free articles every month, and the Hyperallergic Daily newsletter.<\/p>\n<p>      <a class=\"gh-btn\" data-portal=\"signup\" style=\"color:#00AEEE\">Subscribe now<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Already have an account? <a data-portal=\"signin\">Sign in<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"News The inflatable cavatappi-shaped artwork, inspired by fashion house Bulgari\u2019s serpent motif, will remain on view through New&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":847922,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[228,226,227,229,88],"class_list":["post-847921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/847921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=847921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/847921\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/847922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=847921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=847921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=847921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}