{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Guerrilla Art"],"cover":{"alt":"No Pants Subway Ride 2011 Report","height":840,"src":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/no-pants-subway-ride-2011-report/no-pants-2011-report.jpg","width":1880},"credit":"","date":"2011-01-19T15:33:59Z","description":"At the beginning of this year, the “No Pants Subway Ride” action day provoked about 5,000 people in 48 cities to forget their pants! This is the official report from New York!","html":"\u003cp\u003eSome days after this year’s \u003ca href=\"/no-pants-subway-ride-2011/\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e“No Pants Subway Ride”\u003c/em\u003e action day\u003c/a\u003e the report is online, including a lot of photos and a video!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn Sunday, January 9th, 2011 over 5,000 people took off their pants on subways in 48 cities in 22 countries around the world. In New York, our 10th Annual No Pants Subway Ride had over 3,500 participants, spread out over six meeting points and ten subway lines. (\u003ca href=\"http://improveverywhere.com/2011/01/17/no-pants-subway-ride-2011-2/\"\u003eImprov Everywhere\u003c/a\u003e)\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt’s amazing to see this more or less hedonistic movement becoming established. It shows, that it’s possible to provoke people to do something by simply having a crazy idea, some people who are fit in organizing things and the internet.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy the way, the oldest participant was around 76 years and the youngest 7 months old\u0026hellip;crazy!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"external-video\" aria-label=\"YouTube video\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVideo / YouTube\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe YouTube player loads only when you choose to load it; YouTube then receives your connection information.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoajdUEYBIE\" rel=\"noreferrer\"\u003eWatch on YouTube\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cbutton type=\"button\" data-video-src=\"https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/yoajdUEYBIE\" data-video-title=\"YouTube video referenced by No Pants Subway Ride 2011 Report\" hidden\u003eLoad YouTube player\u003c/button\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"video-player\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/section\u003e\n\n","markdown":"\n\n\n\nSome days after this year’s [*“No Pants Subway Ride”* action day](/no-pants-subway-ride-2011/) the report is online, including a lot of photos and a video!\n\n\u003e On Sunday, January 9th, 2011 over 5,000 people took off their pants on subways in 48 cities in 22 countries around the world. In New York, our 10th Annual No Pants Subway Ride had over 3,500 participants, spread out over six meeting points and ten subway lines. ([Improv Everywhere](http://improveverywhere.com/2011/01/17/no-pants-subway-ride-2011-2/))\n\nIt’s amazing to see this more or less hedonistic movement becoming established. It shows, that it’s possible to provoke people to do something by simply having a crazy idea, some people who are fit in organizing things and the internet.\n\nBy the way, the oldest participant was around 76 years and the youngest 7 months old...crazy!\n\n[Video on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoajdUEYBIE)\n","tags":["Flashmob","Subway Art","Improv Everywhere"],"title":"No Pants Subway Ride 2011 Report","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/no-pants-subway-ride-2011-report/"}