Tag: Urban Artifacts (Page 3 of 4)

obvious figure/ground relationship

Exploring around the campus of City Tech I found this metro card. As it was discarded publicly, you can see from a art point of view that one’s man person trash is another one’s treasure. This being said I was able to identity this card as stable, The metro card has a flat surface with pointed and directed line fragments which allow it to has a specific shape. I would classify this metro card with more of a rectangle shape. Furthermore after careful examination this would be geometric.
The background history of this metro card can come from thousands of different ways. However I believe I know the true findings behind it. This story begins with James; on a regular school day James takes the bus to school, Although he usually has a monthly metro he forgot to refill it. This being said James had to use quarters, nickels, and dimes to travel. As James was taking the bm2 to school he realized he didn’t have a way back home. This being said James asked for a transfer, the item you see in this image. I and many know a transfer has a two hour limit, but James didn’t know he’ll be in school longer than expected which led to it being expired.

obvious figure/ground relationship

As on the road of exploring the streets of New York I found a iconic figure that many people use. I found a cigarette; this cigarette has more of a geometric shape. I believe in the shape of my findings due to the whole circular formation of this precise  item would let anyone know it’s geometric, especially if you’re a common user. Also due to the frame of this image the cigarette can be identified as a stable figure/ground relationship. This would be due to the outline of the picture; there’s a dark background which allows the cigarette to make a clear representation of itself in the image.
I imagine as if the cigarette was found in a local corner store. The pack was bought by a businessman in the local area, the pack he bought was Newport since that was the last one the shelves. Once buying a fresh new pack the man decides to attend to his addiction by lighting one up. As the man of the purchase is fully enjoying his cigarette, he admires every pull he takes. While smoking he realizes that he’s late to work, however Bob forgot that his wife used up majority of the gas in the car nor filled it up. Due to this misshapen Bob was forced call a cab leading to the fallout to him putting out his cigarette and leaving it on the floor barley smoked.