If an art installation changes in the subway, will anyone notice? A pair of artists put that question to the test last month, subtly changing artwork in the long tunnel between the 14th Street/6th Avenue and the 14th Street/7th Avenue stations last month, according to Demotix.com and Animal NY.
Usually gracing the corridor is Jennifer Kotter’s “MTA Jewels,” a series of photos of gold-painted transit workers’ instruments. But Outré, a NYC-based artist who seems to specialize in work that is easily missed, overlaid Kotter’s work with similar pictures of gold-plated children’s clothing and diningware taken by photographer stomachface. No one, including transit workers, seemed to notice for twelve whole days in January. Take a look at these before-and-after pictures. Would you have noticed the switch?
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“I thought it was kind of funny at first, that somebody would try to mimic my style to such an extent that nobody would notice that the content had changed,” Kotter told NY1. Her original artwork remains mostly unharmed.
Photos via outreprojects.com
