Make your own Friends: street art turns New Yorkers into sitcom stars

Artists Justin Bettman and Gözde Eker’s Set in the Street project puts living rooms and bathtubs on the streets of New York – and lets the public take a seat and act out their own stories

Ever fancied starring in a New York movie? With Justin Bettman’s art project Set in the Street you can.

Bettman and collaborator Gözde Eker put up film sets overnight on the streets of New York, at corners and on open lots, and leave them for people to play with. Passersby sit in a bathtub or on a sofa, or at a dining-room table. Bettman photographs them, showing the graffiti and litter around them. He then produces a final, cropped image in which the street has been removed.

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