EVENTS
CHLOË BASS RECORD RELEASE PARTY
Join us on Tuesday, March 24 from 6:30-9pm at Public Records for the limited vinyl release of If you hear something, free something, inspired by Chloë Bass’s public art project in sound presented by Creative Time and MTA Arts & Design.
In a sonic gathering of Chloë Bass’s artistic collaborators, the vinyl record for If you hear something, free something includes the poetic refrains that were echoed and whispered throughout MTA subway stations during Bass’s Fall 2025 public art project, as well as remixes by Bill Dietz and Jeremy Toussaint-Baptiste of these verses. This aural archive is accompanied by a booklet that includes several essays and an interview, each meditating on the liberatory and relational potential of public address.
Attendance is free. Please RSVP here to secure your spot.
PAST EVENTS
LIVE PERFORMANCE EVENT
Join us on Wednesday, September 3 at 12pm at the Fulton Center for a special live performance that launches If you hear something, free something.
On September 3rd at 12pm in the Fulton Center, the project will launch with a new, live performance composed by Bass with ten performers, four of whom were involved in the original recordings. Scattered throughout the Fulton Center atrium, the performers will be mixed among everyday transit riders and will usher in new forms of public address and communal care. It is also an opportunity to hear the entire sonic artwork—all 24 announcements—in a single context.
To attend the performance, please enter at the street level of Fulton and Broadway. The performance will take place in the atrium at the bottom of the escalator inside Fulton Center and will run for no longer than 30 minutes.
Attendance is free. Please RSVP here to secure your spot.
ABOUT MTA ARTS & DESIGN
MTA Arts & Design encourages the use of public transportation by providing visual and performing arts in the New York metropolitan area. The Percent for Art program is one of the largest and most diverse collections of site-specific public art in the world, with more than 400 commissions by world-famous, mid-career and emerging artists. Arts & Design produces Graphic Arts, Digital Art, photographic Lightbox exhibitions, as well as live musical performances in stations through its Music Under New York (MTA MUSIC) program, and the Poetry in Motion program in collaboration with the Poetry Society of America. It serves the millions of people who rely upon MTA subways and commuter trains and strives to create meaningful connections between sites, neighborhoods, and people.
PROJECT SUPPORT
Project support is provided by Molly Gochman, Eric Richter and Charles Shoener, The New York Community Trust, VIA Art Fund, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, The MAP Fund, and Trellis Art Fund.
We are also grateful for the support of the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature; and public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) in partnership with the City Council and Mayor Eric Adams.
Creative Time programming support for 2025 has been generously provided by the Mellon Foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Lambent Foundation Fund, a fund of Tides Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.