In 2008 Joshua Allen Harris brought inflatable street art to our street—essentially, plastic bags in the shape of an animal that get blown up when a subway passes underneath the grates they're tied to. Yesterday a new piece arrived in Astor Place, which Animal NY notes may have been there for a documentary being filmed about street art.
Video: Inflatable Bear On The Loose In Astor Place
More Inflatable Creatures Around Town
Subway Monster on 21st Street
Last month came the video of an inflatable polar bear set over subway grates would rise and fall as trains passed underneath. The shopping bag art came from Joshua Allen Harris, and he's at it again with a subway monster that you won't need a Subivor kit to survive.
Video of the Day: Kinetic Pneumatic Subway Bear
The Wooster Collective recently featured video of a piece of street scultpure by Joshua Allen Harris. It could be describe as kinetic pneumatic art, and features an inanimate pile of material attached to a subway grate. When a train passes in the tunnel beneath the grate, the upward flow of displaced air fills the material and produces a medium-sized bear. The continued flow of air makes it appear as if the bear is actually animated, like it's shaking off some arctic water. When the train is gone, the bear retreats to its former state of hibernation, waiting for the next train so it can rise again.

