New York artist Jason Eppink started the “Take a Seat” project, an ongoing public furniture installation that helps provide more seating options in New York City subway stations.
Take a Seat is an ongoing series of public furniture installations aimed at increasing the availability of seating options in New York City subway stations. Perfectly functional chairs are rescued from trash piles and reassigned to stations where limited seating options leave subway patrons no choice but to stand for extended periods of time.
Take a Seat creates value simply by relocating an object to a new location. Rescued chairs – once liabilities – become assets with little to no effort.
Seating solutions installed for Take a Seat are not affixed to MTA property in any way, opening up opportunities for collaboration with subway patrons who, if they take the initiative, may continue the project by installing the chairs in other locations that could benefit from more seating options.
Jason’s has been documenting his “Take a Seat” installations at NYC subway stations.
Here’s a NY1 report on the Take a Seat project.
via Urban Prankster
photos by Jason Eppink
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the bureaucracy will prevail – mass transit cannot be comfortable