Since its founding in 1976, the P. S. 1 Contemporary Arts Center has emerged as an important home for cutting edge art in New York City. The museum draws heavily on site-specific and installation art, work which often engages the viewer in radically different ways from conventional art.

To give online users a sense of these works, we have used IPIX PhotoBubbles, spherical electronic photographs. The PhotoBubbles are created by mating two exposures, each encompassing a 185-degree view, to create a single 360-degree sphere. Special software is then used to correct the perspective, resulting in a PhotoBubble.

To provide additional context to viewers as they explore these works, each PhotoBubble is accompanied by audio excerpts from an interview with P. S. 1's founding director, Alanna Heiss.




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ABOUT PS1
A brief introductory essay on P.S. 1, along with recent Times articles on developments at the museum and audio from P.S. 1 founder Alanna Heiss on the institution's history and goals.

MULTIMEDIA TOUR
Take a multi-media tour of P.S. 1 with IPIX PhotoBubbles and audio.

PLUG-IN HELP
Links to RealPlayer and IPIX.