RED NOSE STUDIO: The blowing bowler

Commissioned by MTA Arts & Design to create an art card for the subways. the art card project is a way for the MTA Arts & Design to give daily riders something to look at, among all the hustle, that hopefully makes the ride a bit more enjoyable. The project expanded into a 2 minute stop-motion animation that would run on the 52 screens throughout the Fulton Center. The art card pays tribute to both the past and the future of the subway as our hero chases his elusive blowing bowler across the platform and into the future as Alfred Beach encourages him forward. The animation follows a man as he chases after his wind-tossed bowler hat in a subway. While pursuing the hat, “a progression of subway cars rolls by representing designs from the Beach Pneumatic Transit Company (1870s), Interborough Rapid Transit Company (1910s), a second generation R-10 car (1940s), a R-15 car (1950s), a car from the 1970s State of the Art Car Program (SOAC), and a more recent R-188 subway car (2013).”

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