Pictures courtesy of Suzy Newbranch and ichimusai
It has been called the world’s longest art exhibition. Stockholm subway was built in the fifties and in every one of the 91 stations you can find some form of art installations. The Swedish artist Lars Arrhenius made his contribution in 2008 with a new artwork at Thorildsplan station. “Playtime” is inspired by early arcade games from the seventies and eighties. Instead of pixels Arrhenius has used Italian clinker on the concrete walls. On a light blue background you will find familiar characters and symbols from classic videogames as Pac-Man, Super Mario and Space Invaders. Arrhenius got the inspiration to the artwork from the stations architecture which consist of bridges, platforms and elevators elements you can find in videogames as for an example Donkey Kong and Super Mario. (Matias Jansson).
Link: A gallery from Thorildsplan
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