New York City neighborhoods are dramatically stratified by income and class. And with many communities gathering in self-sufficient cultural enclaves, it's easy to live here for years without stepping off the train into a community different from your own. Stereotypes and misconceptions arise when people don't meet people who don't look like them. Subway Stories uses commutes to break down these geographic barriers.
Subway Stories encourages users to share a photo & answer a prompt, introducing New Yorkers from different stops to each other, and humanizing people from communities that don't often interact.
What made you smile today? Are you satisfied? Who are you? What makes you, you? The installation prompts you to text a self-portrait and share your answer to a provocation.
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