Monday, October 11, 2010
Art
In Case You Can't Make it to Re:Form School in Little Italy, Here's an Epic Photo Tour
Posted
by Benjamin Sutton
on Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 10:33 AM
From the bombed school bus out front by TrustoCorp (pictured) to the playground murals and installations by street art stars and impressive group exhibitions inside, the Re:Form School exhibition in the disused school at 233 Mott Street (between Prince and Spring and open until 6pm tonight) is an absolute must-see. But, in case you can't, here's a handy photo tour of some of the education-themed event-exhibition.
- TrustoCorp smashed the back of the bus.
- One of many little figures by Kelly Towles planted throughout.
- The main mural in the schoolyard, by WK Interact.
- Another Kelly Towles piece.
- A school bus by Erik Otto, with a piece by Swoon in the background.
- A tall 2006 piece by Swoon.
- A small Elbow Toe piece next to a stained glass window.
- The Supply Room, a gift shop of sorts, featured plenty of cool items and walls covered with pages torn from old textbooks.
- A participatory post-it mural project in one of the classrooms.
- A view of the schoolyard from the third floor.
- Portraits of famous people in the hallway.
- The innumerable details of daily school life that are still everywhere apparent give the building incredible character.
- Eric Anderson chalkboard mural.
- A hot 8-bit childhood scene by The Hole's director Kath Grayson.
- Some brain connectors by Michel Gondry.
- Photos by Jaimie Warren in the hallway.
- A mural painted on textbook bindings by Specter.
- A scary installation of belts and paddles.
- This door looked more trapezoidal in person. Still charming.
- Another Kelly Towles dude.
- A Taylor McKimens sculpture.
- A tiny metropolis of Russian nesting dolls.
- Staring out the window, looking at the TrustoCorp bus.
- A map of high school graduation rates by state made of pencils (New York: not so hot).
- The boy's/men's room, where so many swirlies have been administered.
- Even the bathrooms are full of wisdom.
Tags: Re:Form School, Little Italy, Art installation, Art fair, Swoon, The Hole, TrustoCorp, Erik Otto, Kelly Towles, Elbow Toe, Michel Gondry, Specter
