Lounge at Stereotank's newly unveiled HEARTSEAT in Times Square for Armory Arts Week

Although Valentine's Day is done for this year, the love for 2015 Times Square Valentine Heart Design contest winner HEARTBEAT continues. Designed by Stereotank, the interactive urban drum was unveiled in New York today as a new sitting sculpture known as HEARTSEAT for Armory Arts Week.

HeartSeat Transformation TimeLapse from Times Square Arts on Vimeo.

Passers-by are welcome to have a seat and lounge around at the installation starting March 3 until March 8 on Father Duffy Square, between 46th and 47th Street.

"Stereotank architects Sara Valente and Marcelo Ertorteguy said, 'We are very excited to extend the life of HeartBeat by transforming it into HeartSeat, a public seating sculpture that, after its time in Times Square, will become part of a public space in New York.'

HEARTBEAT is a heart-beating urban drum. This engagement sculpture consists of a massive heart glowing to the rhythm of a strong, deep and low frequency heartbeat sound which changes its rate as visitors approach, move around and engage with it by playing various percussion instruments and joining the base rhythm of the heartbeat. The audience is invited to come together and creatively play, listen, dance and feel the vibrations of the heart while enjoying the warm pulsating light.

'Physically and conceptually, the idea of ‘opening’ the heart of Times Square to provide public seating delightfully expands the program of the Times Square Valentine Heart to engage and even embrace the public,' said Anne Rieselbach, Program Director of The Architectural League of New York in a statement."

Read more about the HEARTBEAT installation here.