The Brazilian artists OSGEMEOS are used to

exhibiting their work in sizeable spaces. Their flat-nosed

yellow characters — their signature — have appeared on

murals, concrete grain silos, an 800-year-old castle, and a

plane. This month the duo will take it one step further,

illuminating New York City’s Times Square billboards with

rotund, bobbing heads.

The work, entitled Parallel Connection, appears as

part of the Times Square Arts’ Midnight Moment series. The

public arts program has featured a new artist every month since

2012. For Gustavo and Otavio Pandolfo, the twins behind

OSGEMEOS, the work is a dialogue between two worlds —

the imaginary and the real.

Director of Times Square Arts Sherry Dobbin says the

ongoing exhibit, which has showcased artists like Tracey Emin,

Isaac Julien, and Andy Warhol, is an opportunity to expose

general audiences to high quality, contemporary art. “Nowhere

else in the world, there is this iconic cannon of electronic

billboards. We’re looking for a combination of emerging and

established artists, a diversity of style, and we are really

interested in those who want to play with public space”.

Born in São Paulo and working under the name

OSGEMEOS since 1987, the siblings work alongside each

other on each project, and have always communicated in an

artistic way. The two have worked in many mediums including

graffiti, drawings, paintings, sculptures, and most recently,

animation.

Brazilian twin artists OSGEMEOS make heads rain on 42nd Street. Internet: http://edition.cnn.com (adapted).