SUBWAY MAP FLOATING ON A NY SIDEWALKby artist Françoise Schein this is the starting point project for the inscription of the human rights into subway stations and cities'walls |
The origin of the project of Human Rights in the subways came about when artist Françoise Schein built her 1st urban project on a sidewalk in NYC. For her, the subway appeared to be the most democratic place into which engrave philosophical concepts to address to the people. |
The project received the Award for Excellence in Design from the the Art Commission of the City of New York. |
Soon after she built the Concorde station In Paris with the inscription of the entire text of the Human Rights on the vault as a great recognition of the democratic foundation concept. |
«Built in its own materials, this piece located on the surface of the sidewalk shows one of the main arteries of the city. It is an abstract landscape that question the viewers : suddenly one wonders on what one is waking on ? Then, one tries to recognize this diagram that one, in fact, knows very well…» F. Schein |
invitation to the inauguration