maya barkai: walking men

maya barkai: walking men


image courtesy of maya barkai

currently installed at 99 church street in manhattan, maya barkai has created pubic installation featuring
99 traffic light icons from around the world. the project is being presented in conjunction with the
re:construction program by the alliance for downtown ny and artea projects. the installation covers the
wall surrounding a construction site in downtown manhattan, recreating each cross walk symbol in
human scale. included in the piece are icons from tel aviv, vancouver, florence, beirut, utrecht and of
course new york. the piece was curated by ayelet danielle aldouby and elinor milchan and will be on
show until january 15, 2011.

http://www.mayabarkai.com
http://walking-men.com


image courtesy of maya barkai


image courtesy of maya barkai


image courtesy of maya barkai


image courtesy of maya barkai


image courtesy of maya barkai


image courtesy of maya barkai
nate db
03.26.10  
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Love it... interesting how abstract the Warsaw one is. I've always wondered why the Japanese ones have hats as well! ha ha!
Andy   03.26.10
this is a great concept and looks awesome in situ
pedro   03.26.10
bautiful wrk wid gud concept..!!
palak desai   03.26.10
great stuff. can't wait to head down there this afternoon to check it out!
nasdaf   03.26.10
So lovely in concept and execution.
e   03.27.10
Love it. Great observation into a basic semiotic and its cultural/global treatment.
kent gration   03.28.10
Nice!

But no Sao Paulo?
Luciano   03.30.10
And were are the wheelchairs for walking woman.
TheDaftGit   04.02.10

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