taxilandia NYC
Taxilandia NYC might be wrapped but you can still experience Bushwick through our virtual gallery below that features original poetry, video, and sound designs, inspired by the local business and landmarks that make up the ever-changing neighborhood of Bushwick.
300 Passengers
140 Car rides
50 Collaborators
Originally developed in Jimenez’s own neighborhood of Bushwick, Brooklyn, the piece was inspired and drawn from his nine years driving a taxicab and his documentation of conversations with passengers, residents, locals, and immigrants to the neighborhood. The Oye Group now works with companies all over the country to develop local versions of the piece specific to each city.
5 Gallery Installations
The virtual salons result in one or more creative collaborations. We work with our local artist partners to create a distributed storefront gallery (in partnership with local businesses).
4 Virtual Salon Conversations
With Guest Artists
We design and co-host a series of virtual salons, each with local artists whose work intersects with gentrification. Streamed live, these salons include a Taxilandia documentary on Bushwick, and an interactive portion where the artists and audience are invited to get out and capture five traces of gentrification with their cameras.
20 Poems for Bushwick
Original poetry inspired by the local businesses and landmarks that make up the ever-changing neighborhood of Bushwick.
“The Art of Words” is a coloring book distributed throughout our community we created with artists all over NYC to have them show us their unique vision of the city we all know and love.