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Plastic bag subway grate animals
Posted by: hipstomp on Monday, April 14 2008

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We've all seen the video clip of Marilyn Monroe's skirt getting blown upwards as she stands over a subway grate. A clever, unknown Manhattan artist is using that Seven Year Itch "technology" to bring animals to life--he/she fashions them out of plastic bags, then ties them to subway grates. As the trains pass beneath, the animal animates. If only we had a video....

Update: The artist has been identified as Joshua Allen Harris, and here's a video:

thanks lolamentola!

via reuben miller and wooster collective



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