Tag: Urban Artifacts (Page 3 of 3)

The splash of gum and crooked pin are organic, the straw wrapper is somehow a geometric shape. The gum had been blended into the floor, it shows that it had been on the floor for a period of time.The crooked pin had been stuck in the slit on the floor.The straw wrapper had been sitting on the floor, seen to be just thrown on the floor, Since there are people cleaning the floor in the subway. All of the artifacts are stable because they stand out from the floor when you look down.

These artifacts had a similar ending to them, which they are useless after people use it. For example for the splash of gum, owner done chewing it and spit it out, which means it’s life is done. The pin is the same when it crooked, the user throw it away. The straw wrapper was the same, it’s life was to protect the straw from the outside, when people use the straw, they don’t need the wrapper anymore. Things’ life are done when their owner don’t need them anymore.

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Cigarette bud found on Jay Street

Trash found next to trees

Plants next to seats

The cigarette stub lies on the sidewalk as a geometric circular shape. It is a stable figure that blends in with the outside floor. The trash scattered next to the trees are organic shapes. The objects blend in well, making it a stable figure.  The plants next to the seats give off a geometric shape since they grow symmetrically. It is an ambiguous figure, since it is out of place from the background.

When the person was smoking, the cigarette accidentally fell on the ground. This explains why the paper didn’t completely burned off.  The plants were added in that area to make it more lively, since the area is surrounded by construction and buildings.The snacks and cigarette was the result of someone on their lunch break, looking to relax after a long day of work.

-Afternoon Date –

Taken at Jay Street by WC Art and Drafting Supply Brooklyn, NY

-Undergrowth-

Taken at Johnson Street site of New York City College of Technology Brooklyn, NY

-Alone Together-

Taken at Jay St. Metro Tech Station Brooklyn, NY

The empty Pepsi and orange juice container side by side in the corner of the window being hit by the sun gives off the impression of two people out together, enjoying each others company. These containers are alone and undisturbed in the sunny afternoon. The small plant growing underneath the storm drain grate shows that even in an industrial place like downtown Brooklyn, nature can still survive and thrive in little nooks and crannies of the city, and finally, the bottle of Arizona and trip of plastic on the earthy brown subway tracks give of the feeling of two people laying on the earth, looking up at the sky, with nothing else but these two objects on the floor, alone, but not completely.

abandon scraps- Tech Place and Jay Street, Brooklyn, NY

Dead Bird – Tech Place and Jay Street, Brooklyn, NY

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There are a lot of things that new yorkers are oblivious to while going about their day through the streets. We’re all very busy in our own little world, trying to get to places. It really never crosses our mind as to why some things end up being where we see them. In this case litter, is what we gave our attention to as we walked out of the building. How did it get there?

As i walked out the first thing i spotted was this used piece of tape. It looks as if it had been used on a box, was someone just so excited to open their package, that they just opened it right on the street? and then there fell the piece of tape on to the ground? Perhaps.

Then i spotted the lonely bottle cap, the very lonely bottle cap stuck between those geometric metal railings. Someone probably just as clumsy as me, probably opened their water bottle and it just rolled straight into that gap.

Lastly, is the empty liquor bottle… So many reasons as of why it was left there, in the middle of such a busy street. But we’ll never really know why, all we can do is assume.

Cup – Found at Tillary Stret 68-86, 11201

Food container left on the curb

Small Cutout of the Jamaican Flag

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Plastic Cup
Jay Street, in front of the train station.

Cigarrette
Jay St and Myrtle Promenade

Shredded Paper
Johnson Street and Brooklyn Bridge Blvd

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The first object I found was the plastic cup on Jay Street, in front of the train station. The cup looked like it was from 7eleven, appeared new, it was geometric and the figure/ground relationship looked stable. The story behind this object would be the person must have thrown away his/her cup once he/she was done. The person did not decide to just throw it in the garbage, instead he/she littered. The second object, the cigarette looked old, small, and stepped on. This was located on Jay Streeet and Myrtle Premenade. It is organic and the figure/ground relationship seemed ambiguous. The person who had this cigarette was probably taking a smoke break and wanted to get out of work. The last object was the shredded paper, that was located in Johnson Street and Brooklyn Bridge Blvd. It shredded paper looked new, it was geometric and the figure/ground relationship was ambiguous. The story behind the shredded paper was it was probably  garabage and there was many of it. It was blown away from the wind and landed there.

Slurpee Cup- 369 Jay St

Dead Bird- 330 Jay St

Newport- 121-199 Lawrence St

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Art on concrete
Location: Jay St. Metrotech

Just a crumbled piece of paper, probably a paper plane in its past life
Location: Jay St. Myrtle Ave.

Just a lonely empty bag of chips
Location: Jay St. Metrotech

My first picture is of a chalk drawing of a heart in the concrete. The shape is organic. Now how did this get there?

” Julia a 19-year-old girl decided that art  makes people happy and she wanted to brighten somebody’s day so, she went ahead and decided to draw a heart on the hard, hot surface of the concrete sidewalk. After drawing it she waited to see people’s  reactions to the drawing and after many people walked by she saw many of them smile as they looked down to the heart and that also made her happy”

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