In the wake of the recent racist attack on a Muslim cab driver in NYC, I’m particularly interested in the public reaction to the latest project by Tehran-born, Big Apple-based artist Amir Baradaran. For one week beginning September 9, Baradaran will debut Transient, a series of 40-second video installations infiltrating New York’s taxicabs.

Taking over regular Taxi TV programming in 6,300 vehicles, Transient “seeks to capture, challenge and transform the everyday modalities of NYC cab rides.” The video interruption is comprised of shots of a driver’s gaze into the rear-view mirror, or alternatively through the plexiglass partition. While the videos take the separation between driver and passenger as a point of departure, “it was not my intention to make a humanist statement,” says Baradaran, “but rather to create a space of introspection.”

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