New York Observers is a documentary about "living landmarks"-- New Yorkers tied to specific spots, sharing observations of their locale over time. Just as one asks: "Can you step in the same stream twice?", the same could be asked: "can you ever stand at the same street corner twice?". The flow of daily New York life washes around each of these living landmarks; they provide continuity in a city marked by change, but how has the city changed them?
New York Observers was premiered at the Psy-Geo-Conflux, a psycho-geography conference held in the lower east side of Manhattan in May 2003.
Photos courtesy Jake Barton / Local Projects www.localprojects.net
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Visitor experiences the city through another's eyes, using an interactive map to navigate between locations. Museum Technology KE-8 Keyboard Mimic connects pushbuttons to PC PS-2 keyboard port. Headphones provide immersive sound.
Time-layered video is used to create "flows" of urban activity. Visitor selects images by pressing buttons.
Mansus has been serving chicken at 4th Street and Broadway for twenty years.
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