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A man and his giant block of chalk
By adamg on Mon, 09/30/2013 - 8:03am
Dave Levy gives us a glimpse of a man dragging a giant piece of chalk through Somerville over the weekend, which naturally raises some questions, such as "Wha?" and "Huh?" and "Good Lord, why?"
Fig Beebo updates us:
I asked him what he was doing, he said it was an art project and he drawing from his studio to Concord.
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It's sodium
He's going to throw it in the river
It's not chalk
it looks to be a block of asbestos.
Performance art!
Wahoo!
I have an idea for a new
I have an idea for a new piece of "performance art".
Now where can I get a giant eraser?
Protest of stupid "chalk = vandalism" laws?
That would be worthwhile right there.
Yes, some communities arrest people for chalk drawing on sidewalks. Silly and draconian. Not sure it has been an issue around here.
It was an issue
Recently in Brookline it was an issue, I believe. I can't remember the exact circumstances. A bit ridiculous that it would be considered a problem.
I really enjoy sidewalk art
I love the bright colors, the unexpected places and the fact that it's temporary by nature. That said, this seems much less enjoyable for those who view it. Unless I'm missing something, it's a line of white chalk from one random place to another random place. Meh.
Random?
But it's the Midnight Line of Paul Revere...
I hope it rains half
Way to concord.
Why?
Why would you hope that? Sounds sort of mean-spirited.
Ohhhhh
THAT's what that was.
Just another talentless
Just another talentless attention whore masquerading as an artist.
As opposed to you, a person
As opposed to you, a person with a great ability for intelligent discourse.
Otherwise known as an "art
Otherwise known as an "art critic"
Hopefully when he reaches his
Hopefully when he reaches his destination it ends with a chalk line around his body.
Too far?
Why?
Did he piss in your cornflakes on his way by?
A sense of proportion would be a very good thing to acquire.
Swirly
Swirly if you would agree to marry me I would convince my wife that we should convert to one of those religions that allows polygamy...
Clearly it would all be a
Clearly it would all be a part of the performance. In real life, dead bodies are not outlined in chalk. It could be some kind of chalk-based metaphor.
Oh, I see
Kind of like a Red Haring: http://www.thelmagazine.com/binary/19dc/1316178647...
duplicate
duplicate
Why are people on sites like
Why are people on sites like UHub so full of anger for anyway who doesn't just go to work and then sit in their house watching TV and whining on the internet in their free time.
"whining on the internet in their free time"
What are you doing today? Ooo OK!
Does it count as smell-art
Does it count as smell-art when a leaky garbage truck leaves a trail of trash juice across the city?
Son of (Sidewalk) Sam
His dog told him to do it.
Oooh... that one takes me back....
Hadn't heard that name in a while. Quite a few of "Son of Sam" victims tended to have a similar appearance, which pretty much exactly matched my girlfriend's age, description, and neighborhood of residence. Creepy indeed. It doesn't take much to remind one that, at the end of the day, all crime is intensely personal, and that there's a whole network of loved ones behind every victim's face you see in the paper.
Glad I saw this posting
but it turned out to confirm my gut reaction.
On my commute home in Somerville I seemed to be following, or perhaps backtracking, this strange foot wide white line along Alpine, onto Princeton, then Lowell, then a right on Vernon. All the while I was wondering what was going on, leaking paint truck, malfunctioning landscape machine, somebody dragging a bag of cement...?
When it ended at a door near the Rogers Foam factory I thought "Oh, freaking artist".
Turns out I was right.
I'd never heard of the Rogers
I'd never heard of the Rogers Foam Factory, are "artists" living there?