Boomboxed

Boom boxes are back in style! Only this time you can't carry it on your shoulder and bump music, but you might bump into one of them on the street.

Got The Power is a public art series that places sculptures of vintage stereos and boom boxes in urban cities. The intent is to create a mix tape of sounds, stories, memories, and music of cities played directly from the structure. As a collaborative project, passers by can even play their own music in the tape deck and add their own anecdotes.

Started by Bayeté Ross Smith during his residency with The Laundromat Project, a public art non-profit based in Brooklyn, Got The Power installed several boom box sculptures in New York and on the east coast as an homage to the urban culture surrounding the boombox. Or in their words—"boom boxes as community soundtracks."

Now he's trying to bring the power to the Midwest in Shafer, Minnesota (just outside of Minneapolis). This will be the first outdoor installation which could possibly reach great heights if enough boom boxes are donated and if the project gets funded.

Got the Power is featured on Kickstarter and has 2 days left to reach its goal. Check the project out right here— and the video down below!

and in looking at vintage boom boxes I came across this dope vintage suitcase converted to a boom box! dope. check out The BoomCase.