hi. i am going to give this a try. bare with me. i think what the installation says is that as desolate and ugly as a place can be we can still find an element of home and cleanlyness, simplicity and innocence (hence the choice of WHITE) clothes line = humanity, life – something that one does not necessarily feel or sense when looking at this scene WITHOUT the clothes line. It is something unexpected, even though, in this day and age where we are all suffering in someway because of this declining economy, it is something we might SOON expect to see…. people living in the streets, in places like this, because they have lost their homes (reminder: THE DEPRESSION). That is my take on it. I appreciate this type of work. Thought prevoking. Taking you out of your normal element (at least… for now…)
nick
super-cool! Maria I like your take on it, I too thought the “cage”-ness of the fenced off area made it a little difficult to look at. I also thought it migt be a test to see how “dirty” the clean laundry becomes in a place as high-traffic as Queens Plaza, by just swaying in the breeze of exhaust and dust.
hi. i am going to give this a try. bare with me. i think what the installation says is that as desolate and ugly as a place can be we can still find an element of home and cleanlyness, simplicity and innocence (hence the choice of WHITE) clothes line = humanity, life – something that one does not necessarily feel or sense when looking at this scene WITHOUT the clothes line. It is something unexpected, even though, in this day and age where we are all suffering in someway because of this declining economy, it is something we might SOON expect to see…. people living in the streets, in places like this, because they have lost their homes (reminder: THE DEPRESSION). That is my take on it. I appreciate this type of work. Thought prevoking. Taking you out of your normal element (at least… for now…)
super-cool! Maria I like your take on it, I too thought the “cage”-ness of the fenced off area made it a little difficult to look at. I also thought it migt be a test to see how “dirty” the clean laundry becomes in a place as high-traffic as Queens Plaza, by just swaying in the breeze of exhaust and dust.