Utopia Express

  • “Utopia Express” spans across five bricked up windows on the Cumberland Packing Corporation headquarters in Brooklyn, NY.
  • One youth artist painting fish into the surreal landscape.
  • Three of the participants, displaying their hard work.
  • One of the windows features a swimmer in the foreground, in front of a train that is driving into the water.

Project Description

“Utopia Express” focuses on human and natural diversity, connecting elements from the urban environment with the natural world. The mural is located on the back of the Sweet’N Low (Cumberland Packing Corporation) headquarters in Brooklyn, NY. It consists of a continuous surreal mural composed on five bricked up windows. The New York City skyline is intertwined with surreal natural elements - a dinosaur, the Brooklyn Bridge, an octopus, career woman. These urban images flow toward outdoor landscapes depicting youth and animals. This mural appears very playful, but it contains latent messages about respecting and conserving nature. “Utopia Express” is in a very industrial neighborhood, but many people live there and raise children. Several local residents have commented on how the mural brightens up the entire neighborhood.

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Fun Facts

Research
When registering a trademark for its musical staff logo, Sweet'N Low received Federal Trademark Registration No. 1,000,000.
Fun Fact
In one of the panels of “Utopia Express,” the dinosaur Brooklyn Bridge is pictured underwater. This was intended as a hidden warning about climate change and rising sea levels.
Fun Fact
The creator of Sweet’N Low, Cumberland Packing Inc., was also one of the first companies to manufacture sugar packets.