Masstransiscope

Masstransiscope Bill Brand

Bill Brand's Masstransiscopewas installed in the abandoned Myrtle Avenue subway station in Brooklyn, New York in September 1980. It has been seen by millions of commuters for over twenty-five years. The 228 hand-painted panels are viewed through a series of vertical slits set into a specially constructed housing. The piece works on the principle of the Zoetrope, a 19th century optical toy.

newly restored after 28 years!!!!!
on the B and Q trains from Dekalb Ave. into Manhattan

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Cleaning image panels in 2008

Masstransiscope in the subway
Zoetrope

vBill Brand inside Masstransiscope

Repairing light fixture

LiLights inside Masstransiscope Abandoned Myrtle Avenue Station

Theresa DeSalvio painting image-panels

Working Model

Masstransicope was restored in 2008 by Bill Brand with the cooperation of the MTA Arts for Transit and with support from the Josef & Anni Albers Foundation, ShelterExpress/MetroClean Express and assistance from Alice Moscoso and Miwa Yokoyama.

Masstransicope was originally sponsored in 1980 by Creative Time, Inc. and supported by:

National Endowment for the Arts
New York State Council on the Arts
Con Edison
American Stock Exchange
Chase Manhattan Bank
among others

with in-kind support from

3M Corporation
Westinghouse Electric
E.E. Tech
among others.

Conceived and created by Bill Brand with support from:

Theresa DeSalvio, Painter
Kathleen Ligon, Architect
Anita Contini, Executive Director, Creative TIme, Inc.
Andrea Pedersen, Public Relations Director, Creative Time, Inc.
Nancy Princenthal, Exhibitions Director, Creative Time, Inc.



Cleaning image panels in 2008
Masstransiscope in the subway		Zoetrope

vBill Brand inside Masstransiscope
		Repairing light fixture

LiLights inside Masstransiscope		Abandoned Myrtle Avenue Station
		Theresa DeSalvio painting image-panels
Working Model
Masstransicope was restored in 2008 by Bill Brand with the cooperation of the MTA Arts for Transit and with support from the Josef & Anni Albers Foundation, ShelterExpress/MetroClean Express and assistance from Alice Moscoso and Miwa Yokoyama. Masstransicope was originally sponsored in 1980 by Creative Time, Inc. and supported by: National Endowment for the Arts New York State Council on the Arts Con Edison American Stock Exchange Chase Manhattan Bank among others with in-kind support from 3M Corporation Westinghouse Electric E.E. Tech among others. Conceived and created by Bill Brand with support from: Theresa DeSalvio, Painter Kathleen Ligon, Architect Anita Contini, Executive Director, Creative TIme, Inc. Andrea Pedersen, Public Relations Director, Creative Time, Inc. Nancy Princenthal, Exhibitions Director, Creative Time, Inc.