Optichromie for Jersey City
2024·Jersey City, USA·● still standing·4 sources·
His largest work to date: twenty-five stories, some 46,000 square feet (roughly 70 × 20 m) on the Journal Square Urby residential tower, 532 Summit Ave (at the corner of Summit and Magnolia); commissioned by Urby (developer David Barry); painted by Pantone and a small team in twenty-five days, in April 2024, through two earthquakes and a solar eclipse. Among the ten best public artworks of 2024 according to Designboom.
The story
Jersey City: Wind, Rain, and Two Earthquakes
His largest mural to date — 70 × 20 meters, 25 days of work, and more than 170 gallons of paint — was painted hanging from a gondola 25 stories up. The worst part wasn't the height: it was the wind shaking the platform, the humidity that wouldn't let the paint dry, and a rain that smeared it and forced a repaint. There were even two earthquakes, and they barely noticed them: the gondola was already moving as if one were happening.
source: GraffitiStreet, 'An Interview with Felipe Pantone: OPTICHROMIE for Jersey City', 2 de mayo de 2024. · https://www.graffitistreet.com/an-interview-with-felipe-pantone-discussing-the-creative-process-and-challenges-behind-his-largest-mural-optichromie-for-jersey-city/
- https://www.designboom.com/art/felipe-pantone-optichromie-for-jersey-city-largest-mural-04-26-2024/
- https://streetartnews.net/2024/04/optichromie-for-jersey-city-by-felipe-pantone-in-new-jersey.html
- https://jerseydigs.com/journal-square-urby-mural/
- https://www.6sqft.com/felipe-pantone-biggest-mural-yet-jersey-city/