A Camel on the Ceiling
Tuesday, March 13, 2007

My post a few weeks ago about an unusual art exhibition in Estonia got a huge response, so I thought I'd post another one, this one as part of our ongoing series, Breaking Camel News. I learned of this one via Boing Boing.

2007 03 03 Biplane2Why is there a WWI Sopwith Camel biplane and landing strip on the roof of 77 Water Street in New York City's financial district? It's an art installation created in 1969 by Rudolph de Harak and William Tarr.

(Link to Wooster Collective post, Link to NYC Architecture page. The above photo was taken by Philip J. Hollenback when he worked at the adjacent 20 Exchange Place building. Link to Flickr stream.)

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Down With Nothing
Thursday, February 22, 2007

A friend sent me this photo of a demonstration in Estonia called "Means of Promotion." A blurb attached said:

This demonstration was part of our workshop “Means of Promotion” at the Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn. The workshop examined different strategies for being a parasite on existing media. We organized an unregistered demonstration with empty banners by the Liberty Clock monument in Tallinn. Estonian law requires a demonstration to be registered by the authoroties. We did not ask for such permission, thereby posing the question to the system whether or not this was an illegal action. The event was covered by all major TV-stations and newspapers in Estonia.

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