Thursday, June 18, 2015

Stories in the key of life: The Typewriter Project arrives in Tompkins Square Park



The new outhouse The Typewriter Project arrived this week in Tompkins Square Park …



Here's more about the project via the Poetry Society of New York:

The Typewriter Project is a series of site-specific literary installations which encourage users to go analog. These typewriter installations — wooden booths with a seat, desk, and typewriter inside — allow both professional writers and first time typists alike to join in a citywide lyrical exchange.

Each booth is outfitted with a seat, desk, typewriter, 100-foot scroll of paper, solar generator, hidden tablet, and a USB typewriter kit, which allows every written entry to be collected, stored, and posted online for users to read, share, and comment upon.

The Typewriter Project investigates the subconscious of the city by creating unique spaces designed for contemplation in which users can contribute to narrative of that particular location.

The Typewriter Project's first installation appeared on Governors Island last summer. Tompkins Square Park is the third installation, and will be around (God willing) until July 19. Hours of operation are Monday-Friday, 3-8 p.m. and Saturday-Sunday,noon-8 p.m.

And apparently it is a pooch-friendly booth…



Thank you to EVG Ronnie for the top two photos!

16 comments:

Anonymous said...

Ouch, the spot chosen is on top of an empty tree pit. There was a healthy tree that was growing there but it died because of all the dogs peeing on it. So someone put the booth on top of a favorite dog pissoir which I guess now is a dog friendly typing booth.

Anonymous said...

Dutch Elm disease is a more likely culprit.

Anonymous said...

Sorry. You meant a new tree. Not the original. I can't speculate on that one's passing

Anonymous said...

It's too bad people already started marring it with their graffiti.

nygrump said...

looks like an outhouse. in a public nYC park. This won't end well.

Anonymous said...

Good to know. EV poets, go now!

NOTORIOUS said...

As both Thoreau and Kaczynski have demonstrated, there's nothing like a cabin in the woods to get the creative juices flowing.

Anonymous said...

I hope who ever is responsible for putting this here locks it up each night, otherwise expect the paper to be used for other purposes.

Ken from Ken's Kitchen said...

Typewriter project? They fooled me. I figured the pooch was taking orders for artisanal grape kombucha and rustic power wraps with turkey sausage.

Gojira said...

@NOTORIOUS - oh that is too funny.

NOTORIOUS said...

@Gojira I had my acai hoof this morning!

Anonymous said...

Acai in hoof = creative juice

Anonymous said...

Any chance this survives the weekend? Its a shelter for the junkies! Despite what people like to say there- this isn't some quiet peaceful suburb.

Louis E. said...

They call that typewriter "vintage"?...it looks much newer than mine.

Anonymous said...

Typewriter. Whatever. What I want to know is, what does Bee Bee the Maltipoo have to say?!?!?!?!

I'll guess $2500 per month ... said...

Finally some affordable housing is being built in the East Village!