New York, New York
No! Your eyes don’t deceive you! This is a triplicated piece! One on the left, one on the right, and one on the right! NO PARKING! NO PARKING! NO PARKING! Biddy, biddy, bam! All over your face!
This is definitely one of the top NO PARKING pieces I’ve seen. Ever. Before going into the awesomeness of the piece itself, look at the foreground of the photo. Yes, the curb is painted yellow. I wonder who did that? I wonder…who……did………..that……………………..? No, I don’t wonder that, because I’m pretty fucking positive it was NO PARKING!
So, yeah, NO PARKING is doing some three dimensional work here. Looks like the letters are popping out of the metal. Not only that, but because the shadows are all on the left of the letters, we can assume that the light source was skewed to the right of the letter in some capacity. If I had remembered to calculate where East and West were in accordance to this location, I could also presumably calculate, using the shadows as a reference, what time of the day it was when this was completed. But, that has three problems.
1. What if the light source was artificial?
2. The sun goes up/down at different times, depending on the season.
3. How far are the letters sticking out of the metal? That height would definitely effect the shadow measurements.
Something to seriously ponder: Who is MARK198? What’s the connection? I don’t see it. Yet.
P.S. I’ve gotten a couple e-mails from someone claiming to be NO PARKING. These will be posted/shared soon enough. I’m very very very skeptical that the e-mails are truly from NO PARKING. So, until next time, please keep an eye out, your ears out, and your brain thinking.
