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Artist Installs Tiny Wooden Houses Over NYC Steam Vents to Replace the Usual Industrial Orange Tubes

by Lori Dorn on May 3, 2016

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#Smökers / #Broadway and #Grand #NYC /// #publicart #mobilehome #smokersnyc

A photo posted by Mark Reigelman II (@reigelman) on Apr 25, 2016 at 10:50am PDT

Artist Mark Reigelman II has created “Smökers”, a “site specific art intervention” that features tiny monochrome houses built over New York City steam vents, replacing the distinctive but industrial orange tubes that are normally used. The steam cleverly escapes through the chimney of the house, much like the way smoke escapes from the traditional wooden German smoking houses of Reigelman’s childhood.

The plastic orange steam tubes placed above manholes in New York are a commonplace element within the metropolis landscape. These tubular chimneys offer some sense of spectacle and mystery, but for the most part are one more obstacle in traversing the city. American artist, Mark Reigelman II, has created a site-specific art intervention that forces spectators to reconsider the framework of a city’s infrastructure, and redress the functionality and activation of public space.

A photo posted by Mark Reigelman II (@reigelman) on Feb 25, 2016 at 2:15pm PST

Looking for a #smoking #manhole #cover in #NYC! /// #smokersnyc

A photo posted by Mark Reigelman II (@reigelman) on Dec 15, 2015 at 9:28am PST

#smokers getting #primed / #parkinglot #publicart #brooklyn #nyc / @centerforcraft

A photo posted by Mark Reigelman II (@reigelman) on Dec 8, 2015 at 6:17am PST

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