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BENCHMARK
BENCHMARK intervention (in construction)
BENCHMARK
Nov. 2007-Feb. 2008
at Bedford and Gates Avenues, Brooklyn, NY
duration: 107 days
Nov. 2007-Feb. 2008
at Bedford and Gates Avenues, Brooklyn, NY
duration: 107 days
Unauthorized installation of bus shelter composed of reclining bench, variable height benches, table, coat hooks, protective enclosure walls, counter with cup holder.
bench in upright position
bench in reclining position
terms of use plaque
coroplast signage
coroplast signage
at left, "signing" the work; at right referral of members of public to make concerns known to NYC Department of City Planning (D.C. Planning).
Parasitic Advertising III
coroplast signage
coroplast signage
Sign at left fabricated as commentary of use of celebrity architecture to override legitimate local interests (i.e. Brooklyn's Atlantic Yards eminent domain land grab). Top right sign original to site (landowners's marker of spatial dominion), bottom right sign found and moved to site to confuse/undermine effectiveness of top sign.
Parasitic Signage III
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