While it might be a dream of many to have their own water tower on a New York rooftop, Boundless Brooklyn has fun customize-your-own mini water towers through 100% recyclable kits you can get online. They’re lasercut in Brooklyn from chipboard and can be painted using acrylics. At the Brooklyn Museum last Thursday and at several upcoming events, street artists are teaching us average citizens how to tag our own water towers. Also available: the famous Kentile Floors sign, modeled after the one in Gowanus, Brooklyn. Broundless Brooklyn. Boundless Brooklyn was started by two graduates of NYU’s ITP program who seem to love water towers just as much, if not more, than we do.
Here are some photos of water towers created at the event on Thursday:
Artists Violet Paek, zero productivity, and the Drif!, aka Rey Rosa
Here is information on upcoming events with Boundless Brooklyn:
TAG-A-TOWER CLASS
Friday, October 10th
At: The Painting Lounge, 39 West 14th St., Ste. 401, NYC
$65; includes a Mega water tower, all supplies, 2-hour lesson from Rob Plater
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THE ART OF THE TAG
Opening night: Saturday, November 1, 7pm-10pm
Runs: Nov 1 – Nov 21
At: myplasticheart, 210 Forsyth Street, NYC
Free to attend
30+ artists
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LEAPS & BOUNDS (in collaboration with YO Miami)
Opening night: Saturday, November 22
Runs: Nov 22 – Dec 7
At: Elemental, 2399 NW 2nd Avenue, Miami
Free to attend
45+ artists
For more on water towers, found out how they work, our 10 favorite unique ones in NYC, their transformation into art projects and secret speakeasies, and a wonderful visual summary of NYC’s different water towers by Pop Chart Lab.