Masstransiscope

I took this video yesterday while riding the B train. I pass this work of art during my morning commute on the Manhattan- bound B or Q train from Dekalb Ave. The art appears right as you leave the station, on the right side of the train, just before heading over the Manhattan Bridge. 

Bill Brand’s Masstransiscope was installed in the abandoned Myrtle Avenue subway station in Brooklyn, New York in September 1980. It has been seen by millions of commuters for over twenty-five years. The 228 hand-painted panels are viewed through a series of vertical slits set into a specially constructed housing. The piece works on the principle of the Zoetrope, a 19th century optical toy.

Read/see more on Bill Brand’s Masstransiscope here.