New Yorkers looking to let off steam after last week’s election had a chance to share their feelings by posting sticky notes in a busy subway tunnel.
The project was the brainchild of artist Matthew Chavez, who first invited people to leave notes in a corridor between two subway lines after the 2016 elections.
“People come up and spend a minute and then they come to me and say, ‘This is amazing. This made my day. It made my week. I really needed this,'” Chavez said. “It seems like a small thing, but it can be very important to the people who participate.”
Chavez, 36, said the project was not a response to the election of Republican Donald Trump as president, but “because it invites people to express how they feel in the moment.” they feel it, certainly the context of the election affects what people write.
Scribbled notes appeared on the tiled wall below 14th Street in Manhattan as Chavez spoke.
Examples: “May democracy rest in peace”, “World peace now”, “What will our next revolution look like?”, “The Knicks must win tonight! The horrors follow, but so will I” (The NBA team, the New York Knicks, won on Friday, beating the Milwaukee Bucks 116-94.)
“I say I choose kindness even when it’s hard because I’ve had a hard time wanting to respond when some people have treated me less than amazing lately,” said Danielle Guy after she posted her note. “And it’s easy to want to be mean back, but being nice is the best thing you can do.”
Another participant, Mallie Lyons, said she liked the subway therapy project and where it was. “I feel like this is a really good idea,” he said. “I mean, I think especially in a place where people can walk by and physically see what other people are feeling and what other people are thinking, I think it’s it’s a very beautiful thing.”
The project ended over the weekend, but Chavez is looking at possible places for future iterations, even if they are not as good as the subway tunnel.
“People have a lot to say,” he said. “And I like to be in places where people are moving from one place to another. They just stop. They get something off their chest quickly, and then they continues on the path.”
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2024-11-12 19:45:00
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