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CityShedsShadow‐Installation,ConnaughtParade,2005
Medium:Staples,Paperclipsandtwo2.5mwoodentowers.
CityShedsShadow
StephenNolan
Aglimpse..
Usedasmall stepladder.Musthaveclimbeditathousandtimes.Upanddownaffixingoneorotherofthe1,000,000staplesI hadinboxes...somewhere.Workedoutside.Protectedfromthechangingelementsunderaplasticstructurethatwaslikeasecondskin.
Aglimpsefurther....
Thought of shadows. Thought of howsomeNewYork streets nowenjoymoredirect sunlight thanbefore. Thought of office workers.Wonderedifwhileworkingbywindows,thoseofficeworkersononeofthosestreetsenjoyingmoresunlightwouldputupwiththeglareofthesunontheircomputerscreensassomesortofsacrificeorhomageorwhethertheysimplyturntheirmonitorstheotherway.
Aglimpsefurtherstill.........
Rebuiltthetowers.Outofstaplesandpaperclips,Millionsofthem.2.5meterstall.Theystoodinmysittingroominplaceofthetelevision;removedintheirhonor.Detailobscuredbyshadowlitpresentation.
(©)2009StephenNolan
(©)2009StephenNolan
CityShedsShadow‐Installation,ConnaughtParade,2005
Medium:Staples,Paperclipsandtwo2.5mwoodentowers.
CityShedsShadow
StephenNolan