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