http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/10/13/an-unusual-ride-on-the-metro/ Exploring urban life through word and photography Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:47:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/10/13/an-unusual-ride-on-the-metro/comment-page-1/#comment-94839 f. panic Mon, 15 Oct 2007 01:31:50 +0000 http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/10/13/an-unusual-ride-on-the-metro/#comment-94839 I agree with dream listener -- sounds like a fantastic art project -- and same with being one amongst "the shoe-gazing zombies." On buses, on the metro.... any form of public transportation, most people have their public masks on. It's rare to see pure joy on the metro, or complete despair. Everyone looks to be part of a solid mask of indifference, but who knows what happens when those people get home and tell their family and friends about the seriously weird metro car? I agree with dream listener — sounds like a fantastic art project — and same with being one amongst “the shoe-gazing zombies.” On buses, on the metro…. any form of public transportation, most people have their public masks on. It’s rare to see pure joy on the metro, or complete despair. Everyone looks to be part of a solid mask of indifference, but who knows what happens when those people get home and tell their family and friends about the seriously weird metro car?

]]> http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/10/13/an-unusual-ride-on-the-metro/comment-page-1/#comment-94781 dream listener Sat, 13 Oct 2007 23:06:37 +0000 http://www.urbanphoto.net/blog/2007/10/13/an-unusual-ride-on-the-metro/#comment-94781 sounds like a great art project! and as for audience response...i know for myself, often i will take things in in a quiet non outwardly expressive manner, so i suspect this may be happening to some of the listeners on the metro as well. people may be very affected, but on the inside. i love the reference to the outside (its a nice day outside), and the care the artist has taken to incorporate a multitude of languages. i highly suspect if you are someone who is from one of the communities whose language is normally not presented in the public domain and you hear your language spoken you will be listening very closely. it is kinda like an acknowledgment that your culture exists. sounds like a great art project!
and as for audience response…i know for myself, often i will take things in in a quiet non outwardly expressive manner, so i suspect this may be happening to some of the listeners on the metro as well. people may be very affected, but on the inside. i love the reference to the outside (its a nice day outside), and the care the artist has taken to incorporate a multitude of languages. i highly suspect if you are someone who is from one of the communities whose language is normally not presented in the public domain and you hear your language spoken you will be listening very closely. it is kinda like an acknowledgment that your culture exists.

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