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Public art is everywhere these days, and Dylan Mortimer’s work may be the most provocative piece in the city at the moment. The NY Post reports that his prayer booths are located by the Roosevelt Island tram in Manhattan, and are meant to "get people talking." The Parks Dept. describes the interactive Public Prayer Booth as a synthesis of a telephone booth and a prayer station, where "the viewer can flip down a kneeler and engage in prayer." The artist, who is from Kansas City and a graduate of SVA, says, “My goal is to spark dialogue about a topic often avoided, and often treated cynically by the contemporary art world."
Prayer Booths as Public Art
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Let's start bashing the Midwestern hipsters in 3...2..1.
this shit was done already in a little movie called THX 1138. Passe. I'd rather have the suicide booths from futurama and soylent green. the one's with deep stabby action.
spark dialogue? what the fuck does that even mean?
that doesn't even mean anything. that's just word salad.
Should have made them Glory Hole Booths.
We really could use some of these booths too.
i'd have been happier with more public restrooms...
What's a glory hole booth?
Some people are just using them as the real thing. Let 'em pray. We need it.
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Is this Catholic-specific? What if I want to go in there and pray but not kneel?
I like this.
And it definitely promotes constructive discussion.
More so than, like, Marys made out of elephant dung.
Why can't artists just be honest?
This guy made these because he craves attention and not "to spark dialogue" as if it never occured to people in this city to discuss certain topics until this nitwit from Kansas rode into town.
These prayer booths better be facing east or muslims might cry discrimination.
>Should have made them Glory Hole Booths.
That only come in a version for Catholic Priests.
Here's an idea:
Program the thing with voice recognition and have it shock the user if it hears the word 'lottery' or the name of any sports team.
And before I forget,
/random bash of unemployed hipster artiste
Or! Confession Booths. Where you pick up a phone and there's a priest standing by to take your confession.
oh wait, hang on a second, I think we just sparked a dialogue... GODDAMMIT!
Ummm... places for prayers have already been created... they are called churches. I'm with "other islander" - more bathrooms would be better!
Oops, I think I accidentally relieved myself at one of these silly booths. Please forgive me.