via our friend, href="http://www.vinnieray.com">Vinnie Ray—

/>“Creative Time is delighted to announce Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang’s Light
Cycle, an explosion event that will illuminate Central Park on Monday, September
15, 2003, at 7:45 p.m. for a duration of 4 to 5 minutes, in celebration of
Central Park’s 150th anniversary. Signifying renewal and wholeness, the event
has been specially commissioned as the denouement of a summer-long celebration
of the vitality brought to our City by Central Park. Light Cycle will highlight
the Park as the heart of Manhattan, rendering it the brightest point of the City
for one festive night. Light Cycle is curated by href="http://www.creativetime.org">Creative Time, presented in conjunction
with The City of New York and the Central Park Conservancy, and sponsored by
Haagen-Dazs as part of their Art of Pure Pleasure initiative. Designed to
provide a variety of experiences, Light Cycle will unfold in three stages from
five firing locations in the Park, taking as its central motif a 1,000 foot high
colossal halo of fire and light. Cai Guo-Qiang, world renowned for his explosion
projects, in which he uses gunpowder as an artistic and expressive medium, has
collaborated with Fireworks by Grucci, America’s oldest fireworks company, to
develop state-of-the-art technology that employs programmable microchips in each
shell, allowing the artist to draw in the sky. The total duration of Light Cycle
will be approximately 4 to 5 minutes.”

Wow.  Sounds amazing!—
Wooster