I have concentrated on looking at remote environments where people leave something behind, and seeing it evolve in that environment. The environments can be objects, places, surfaces that people use as a means of indirect communication. Every once in a while, someone will leave their ideas/identities in that environment. Therefore it lives and evolves on its own.
We walked around Washington Square Park, going into Bobst NYU Library, then up to 6th Avenue and to the Gimbel Library in the Parsons building.
1 - This picture shows posters put up on walking lights posts. High environments where people struggle to find spaces for their stickers to communicate with the pedestrians.
2 - Cement is an environment where identities can live forever, without any interference from the real world.
3 - Communication through signatures.
4 - A sidewalk used by skateboarders where every wheel of the skateboard leaves its mark as it grinds through.
5 - Posts that are used by dogs. Site-specific environments where dogs mark their property, leaving a layers of identities that will last and continue to evolve.
6 - This door shows how an object can be used universally the same way, we can see the scratches over the bar that the push of the door leaves with time.
7 - Here it is the same concept where hands are put on a wall next to a door.
8 - A drinking water fountain where the water escapes but sometimes leaves things caught in the drainage. These objects that people leave behind are parts of them that start living within this specific site. Here, a nail is alone waiting for other objects.
9 - Posters are mediums where people can communicate.
10 - Again, a sticker on a desk where people leave notes.
11 - A table cutter leaves traces of all the papers used.
13 - Desk study areas are also places that are used by different students at different times. Therefore, it is interesting to see how they use that table to communicate with each other indirectly. The table becomes an environment where these notes speak with each other.
14 - This is an end of a stairwell of a fire escape. The door at the bottom is locked. Objects can be found such as a balloon, a newspaper that is one month old, and a bottle...
15 - Toilets used constantly and the automatic laser flusher is not working.
16 - Urinals are also places where people write and leave notes for others to read.
17 - This is a railing next to public toilets, we can notice the part where people lean and sit on it near the end where the paint is gone.
18 - On the street, bikes get stolen and all that is left for good are the locks.
19 - Graffiti is also a way for people to communicate through walls that become environments.
20 - We can notice gum thrown on the floor, however, there are places where they are more present, like the entrance of a subway station. When people spit out a chewing gum, they leave part of themselves in that gum. Then it creates a growing environment.
