I get such a kick out of the imagination, innovation, and humor! Plus, it's a terrific way to put vacant space to good use, let artists take it over!
Not those nimrods with welded I beams in "modern" art installations of "abstract art" bullshit, but cool stuff like this that inspires others to enjoy the day, life a fun life, and appreciate imagination
Featuring gag items you can purchase with a MasterClaw credit card, like Alka-Saurus, Snarlboro cigs, Trillo-bites, 3 Tusketeers and Buttertalon, Dur-Rex Ultra Ribbed, Meteoritos, MuciRex night and day Brontochitis, and copies of the The Pangaea Times and Maul Street Journal, and a bulletin board listing cave sublets.
The exhibit is part of the MTA’s Vacant Unit Activation Program, launched in 2023, which aims to fill underutilized spaces in the subway system with non-traditional uses to make stations more welcoming and vibrant for riders from the currently defunct 30 + retail spaces found in the subway.
When the subway opened in 1904, the founders declared that it constituted “a great public work” and that all parts of it “exposed to public sight shall therefore be designed, constructed, and maintained with a view to the beauty of their appearance.”
If you are a nonprofit, community, or arts organization and would be interested in operating a unit, reach out to mtare@mtahq.org
A better video at https://www.instagram.com/p/DJ-HhzoKN18
via the constantly delightful, and ever surprising Atlas Obscura https://www.atlasobscura.com/
If you have suggestions on more fun stuff they can create and add, or want to contact Rex by email Rex@Rexs.NYC or sliding into his DMs on https://www.instagram.com/rexs_nyc/ or https://rexs.nyc/
This took about a year, "We hired a contractor to do the protective glass in the front, which was its own whole saga. The contractor had to get approved by the MTA and that took a month because there's a lot of approvals. We've got our contacts at the MTA, but they have to get approval from different departments, so it's a whole journey. We worked on it for over a year, but there were parts of the process that were mostly just waiting for something to happen. Which gave us time to come up with more products!"
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