Saturday, June 26, 2010

Tube Map

I found this rendition of the London Underground map by artist Barbara Kruger fascinating, with thanks to my contemporary art historian sister who noted it to me:


As a parlor game, and out of interest, I put blank labels into the New York City subway map for guests at a recent party to fill out. Or rather, to "Manhattanize" the map with inspiration from Kruger. What sort of phrases/words do you think were included? People seemed to take care to attach certain phrases to places in New York.

4 comments:

Anne said...

Leave it to you guys to turn this map into a parlor game! I love it. I will be interested in hearing how your guests "Manhattanized" the map.

seapea said...

this was fun! (and now i'm somewhat back to blogging!)

Chelsea said...

Interesting! What did people tend to say about where?

Anonymous said...

Can I point out that this is the actual cover of the current London Underground map. A wonderful convergence of life meets art.