Visitors surrounded by nighttime images of New York across the installation's screens

Citizens Bank · Ogilvy New York

The Living Portrait of NYC

241 screens.
One living city.

Citizens: The Living Portrait of NYC is an immersive experience created by New Yorkers for New Yorkers. Four enveloping rooms transform a 10,000-square-foot space into a celebration of every borough, neighborhood, and individual who gives the city its magic and myth.

Client
Citizens Bank
Agency
Ogilvy New York
Role
Director
Format
Immersive documentary installation
Scale
10,000 sq. ft. · 241 custom screens

Enter New York.

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A city told in motion.

An immersive film captured the resilience, brilliance, cacophony, and synchronicity of a 24-hour day in New York. Projection-mapped across 241 custom-built screens, the documentary tone poem moved from the morning rush to the boundless energy after dark—surrounding visitors with the sights, sounds, and human rhythms of city life.

A New Yorker carrying musical instruments on a subway platform

Made by New Yorkers, for New Yorkers.

Directed by
J.J. Kelley
Creative director
James Spindler
Executive producer
Naomi Gilbert
Production company
RadicalMedia
Agency
Ogilvy New York
Client
Citizens Bank