Once Upon a Place is an interesting interactive public art installation from multimedia artist Aman Mojadidi that uses old phone booths to tell the stories of immigrants through the receiver. In Times Square until September 5th, the installation is proving very popular with both tourists and locals alike.
Times Square Arts and artist Aman Mojadidi bring Once Upon A Place, an interactive public art installation that creates a platform for immigrant voices, to Duffy Square (46th Street and 7th Avenue) from June 27- September 5. Visitors will be invited to open the door of one of three repurposed telephone booths, pick up the receiver, and listen to oral histories of immigration from the newest New Yorkers. Visitors can also open the phone book inside each booth to read more about the storytellers' communities both here in New York and the countries they have traveled from, and to leave behind a part of their own story if they wish. The installation includes 70 different stories that will last anywhere between 2 and 15 minutes.
via Times Square NYC
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