Call us boring and simple-minded, but before we saw the work of street artist Joshua Allen Harris we never once considered the artistic possibilities of subway exhaust. Using only tape and garbage bags, Harris creates giant inflatable animals that become animated when fastened to a sidewalk grate. Steven Psyllos caught up with Harris recently to discuss his older works (including a bear and a giraffe) and unveil a new beast that looks not unlike the Cloverfield monster. Video by Jonah Green
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omagine(Wednesday 7th of January 2009 06:14:32 PM)
answer:
just stand next to a highway or a freeway once, and notice the gusts that come from the air being pushed aside by the quickly passing cars. the trains go really fast, and displace the air around them.the vents above the trains are an immediate escape for that air being pushed. so it goes up into that vent and out to the street. otherwise it would flow sideways, and all the people standing in the subway would get their clothes blown off!
notoman60(Wednesday 7th of January 2009 05:21:33 PM)
where is the air actually coming from the subway trains?
BaltimoreChop(Wednesday 7th of January 2009 02:46:18 PM)
those things are one of the coolest pieces of street art i've ever seen, I hope i seen them one day in NYC
daviandmandy(Wednesday 7th of January 2009 06:09:31 AM)
too cool for school!!!!
pupupunk(Wednesday 7th of January 2009 05:46:31 AM)
