Street Art: Joshua Allen Harris' Inflatable Bag Monsters

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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

Channel: Entertainment
Uploaded: July 22, 2008 at 1:48 pm
Author: NewYorkMagazine

Length: 00:02:25
Rating: 4.92
Views: 334565

Tags: street art joshua allen harris balloon animal subway inflatable garbage bags new york wooster air bear ape monster

Video Comments:
omagine (January 7, 2009 at 6:14 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 (January 7, 2009 at 5:21 pm)
where is the air actually coming from the subway trains?
BaltimoreChop (January 7, 2009 at 2:46 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 (January 7, 2009 at 6:09 am)
too cool for school!!!!
pupupunk (January 7, 2009 at 5:46 am)
nice. i like them!
yuribaba1 (January 5, 2009 at 3:10 pm)
Very cool! Congratulations...

Muito Bom! Parabéns...
LunarLightning (January 3, 2009 at 5:26 pm)
fantastic!
a gift to contemporary art.
Haku111419 (December 31, 2008 at 5:31 pm)
that is soo cool
lubyberger (December 31, 2008 at 3:54 pm)
That is so cool I am so jealous.
djmarkcotter (December 30, 2008 at 7:25 pm)
only in NYC!!!