Documented artwork / transit mosaic mural installation
Ciguapa Antellana, me llamo sueño de la madrugada (who more sci-fi than us)
Credit as documented: Firelei Báez
Firelei Báez's four murals fill the 163 St–Amsterdam Avenue station with leaves, vines and figurative fragments. Tropical and North American flora mingle with patterns associated with healing and community. Ciguapas, powerful feminine figures from Dominican folklore, connect the imagery with Caribbean cultural memory. The parenthetical title draws on a Junot Díaz novel and places that imaginative inheritance within a contemporary transit setting.
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At a glance
- Year / version
- 2018
- Materials
- glass mosaic
- Documented setting
- indoor
- Dimensions
- Four murals: two on platforms and two on mezzanines; overall measurements not established.
- Dimensions apply to
- Documented object or named component scope only; no relocation/engineering specification. Source disagreements and architectural measurements remain explicitly qualified.
- Availability
- Unconfirmed
Places & versions
Installation history
Historical presentations. A past installation does not establish the current location or suitability for a new site.
2018
163 St–Amsterdam Avenue subway station, C line, New York, New York
Materials and construction
Completed in 2018, the installation comprises two platform murals and two mezzanine murals. Mayer of Munich translated Báez's imagery into glass mosaic. The MTA's account treats the four surfaces as one commission, so the component count does not create four separate artwork identities. No combined surface area or individual panel dimensions are published in the reviewed account.
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- www.mta.info ↗ · Checked 2026-10-17