Installed by Time Warner as part of its headquarters and set in a 150-foot prow-like glass showcase, this sculpture is divided vertically into 12 groups of 36 lighting panels, illuminated each evening from 4 to 11 pm, showing off a range of patterns. The panels change color for three minutes, then hold their color for 30 seconds. The display pauses every quarter hour to tell the time using large panels to indicate the hour and smaller panels for five-minute increments.

Time Warner Center exemplifies above all the concept of a city within a building, versus a building within a city. The mixed-use project encompasses major retail, restaurant, and exercise complexes; television studio production facilities for CNN; the cultural performance venues of Jazz @ Lincoln Center; office space (primarily the corporate headquarters of Time Warner); the Mandarin Oriental Hotel; and residential condominiums. It also resolves site infrastructure, including subway access, services, and parking.