Brazilian Street Artist Bel Borba Creates Face Of Roosevelt Island With Duct Tape And Dances With Debra Winger At Blackwell Park

Did you notice this face staring back at you as you were riding the Roosevelt Island Tram near the Roosevelt Island station recently

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and wonder what it was?

As reported several weeks ago, the Pied Piper of Brazilian Street Artists, Bel Borba, visited Roosevelt Island and went to work creating Tram Man

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Roosevelt Island Face and other examples of street art.

Here's how he did it



and Debra Winger helps out Bel Borba with a dance at Roosevelt Island's Blackwell Park.



One Roosevelt Island resident asks a question regarding clean up of temporary art installations:

What is the polite time factor a temporary art installation should remain in position and who is responsible for cleaning it up??

Recent artistic installations have appeared on Roosevelt Island constructed mostly of black and white tapes. One installation near the tram and West Rd, weathering for the last two week will become a hazard to travelers on handicapped chairs, bicycles and vehicles if caught in their wheels. Another installation surrounds west side mooring cleats once proud docking equipment for vessels,

now wrapped in sticky tapes, withering in the rain.

Roosevelt Island's traditional method of handling other temporary artistic events around the island; as Good Shepherd events, Dance and Theater performances, and South Park Movies for example, are early morning setups, dusk cleanups.

RIVAA who invited the tape bandit maybe can answer this conundrum?

More on Bel Borba here.