BRATTLEBORO — Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC) welcomes the bustling headquarters of Tape Art Mega Corp. to Brattleboro this spring, transforming an office at 28 Vernon Street (the former Marlboro Graduate School building) into a playful, participatory art environment where visitors are invited to grab a roll of tape and get to work.
Running March 21-29, Tape Art Mega Corp. is a hands-on, immersive art experience led by the acclaimed artists behind the documentary “Secret Mall Apartment.” Admission is free, and all are welcome to participate.
Inside this tongue-in-cheek corporate world, visitors can clock in for a shift, create their own tape necktie, and help decorate the company’s new Brattleboro HQ using nothing but imagination and rolls of colorful tape. Participants might find themselves building cubicles, designing tape trophies, or assisting with a “critical order for drawings of cats before the close of Q1!” Guests may join in or observe from their workstation, with roles available for every comfort level.
Visitors may drop in throughout the run of the project, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, March 21, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily from Sunday, March 22 through Saturday, March 28, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, March 29. On the final day, the creative corporate chaos will culminate in a festive “office” party, 4 to 6 p.m., where participants can celebrate with pizza while helping to tear down the tape. Groups of any size and type — friends, coworkers, classmates, families, knitting circles, bowling teams, etc. — may also schedule tailored, hands-on visits with the Tape Art team.
Part immersive installation, part comedy, and all community artmaking, Tape Art Mega Corp. blurs the lines between performance, public art, and collective play. Over the course of nine days, the space will continuously evolve as visitors contribute to the growing tape-built world.
“Tape Art Mega Corp. embodies what we love about public art,” said Danny Lichtenfeld, director of the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, in a release. “It’s free, it’s welcoming, and it invites people of all ages to create together. It’s a great example of how art can inspire curiosity, spark laughter, and connect people through shared experience.”
Tape Art is the creative duo of Michael Townsend and Leah Smith, artists known for transforming everyday walls into large-scale, temporary murals using rolls of tape and a spirit of experimentation. Based in Providence, Rhode Island, Tape Art has created hundreds of murals and thousands of smaller works in communities across the United States and beyond, bringing their distinctive medium to classrooms, hospitals, corporate boardrooms, and cultural spaces. Together, they blur the boundaries between street art, performance, and play—using tape to create fleeting works that spark wonder, conversation, and connection wherever they go.
The Brattleboro Museum & Art Center is supported in part by the Vermont Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional support is provided by the Brattleboro Food Co-op, Brattleboro Savings & Loan, Brattleboro Subaru, C&S Wholesale Grocers, and Sam’s Outdoor Outfitters.
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