Art in Motion at Rock Center NYC

Rockefeller Center in NYC is inviting visitors to get playful this summer. With brightly-colored circular and square swivel pieces that are interspersed with mirrors, the newest public art piece, Reflection Point, lures visitors to slow down and step inside, and find their own creative pathway.

“It’s a sculptural maze built with mirrors to imply and direct people to have a moment of reflection, both in a literal and metaphysical sense,” artist Wade Jeffree, half of the Brooklyn-based team behind the project, Wade and Leta, tells The Center Magazine. “You’re going into a space where color can infuse you with some form of joy or emotion, and contrasting that with mirrors that show how we see ourselves, and also how we interact with others.”

Sitting in front of the entrance to 30 Rockefeller on Center Plaza, the 29-foot-by-17-foot-by-7.5-foot structure is divided into four quadrants — referred to as portals — each lined with the spinnable shapes. One side is doused in a cheerful hue of peach, lavender, teal, cherry red, or lime green, but give a little spin and the mirror reveals itself, reminding you that you’re part of the art, too.