It’s last call for Philippe Parreno’s transfixing installation H {N)Y P N(Y} OSIS. Closing Sunday at the Park Avenue Armory, it is one of the must attend art events of the summer.

A choreographed durational work, H {N)Y P N(Y} OSIS ebbs and flows and takes several hours to appreciate. It consists of a variety of elements, including video, sound, performance and sculpture. Upon entering the space, visitors find themselves strolling down an avenue that is flanked by 26 marquee sculptures. It’s like a minimalist 42nd street that’s been reduced to light and sound. These sculptures brighten and dim as other elements are activated. A lone piano player, the world renowned Mikhail Rudy, performs works by Ligeti, Feldman, Ravel, and Scriabin, among others, and five films, The Crowd (2015), Marilyn (2012), Invisibleboy (2010), June 8, 1968 (2009), and Anywhere Out in the World (2000), take their turn in the spotlight. Also making an appearance is Ann Lee. A Japanese Manga character that Philippe Parreno and Pierre Huyghe bought the rights to in 2000, Ann Lee is brought to life by performance artist Tino Sehgal. Reprising his work from Frieze New York 2014, Sehgal enlists a group of actors to embody the lost girl. They roam the space and engage with visitors.

We interpret Parreno’s mesmerizing and poetic work as a meditation on life in the city. It embodies loneliness, missed connections, and paranoia. Additionally, the sculptures seem to be desperately trying to communicate with each other through a series of glitches, flashes and rings.

You can find images and the Park Avenue Armory’s time lapse video of the installation’s load-in below.

H {N)Y P N(Y} OSIS is on view through Sunday, August 2. Hours are Tuesday–Thursday: 12:00pm–8:00pm, Friday: 12:00pm–10:00pm, Saturday–Sunday: 11:00am–7:00pm. Tickets are $15 and available for advance purchase at the Park Avenue Armory website.

All photos by Mindy Bond.