Mapping Project #3 from nicholas fraser on Vimeo.
Walking over on E. 14th Street across from the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary I came across a guy who was methodically sticking up little post-its on the wall of what looked like an abandoned or closed store-front painted in lime green.
Somehow, I could just tell that this was one of those "art happening" conceptual things, ya know?
I went up and peered closer and saw the notices, which had little stock sayings like "What used to be here" or "I went to the owner's funeral".
These were stories that you were supposed to select and mail or email to this artist, who is collecting ephemera of closed sites. His name is Nicholas Fraser and we discussed some closed and seemingly closed in the area and he pointed me to his website. If you find an empty storefront in this area or find his art work/installation on E. 14th and 2nd, you can write [email protected] with your thoughts.
He handed me one of the cards, that said, "Did you leave your keys in your apartment?" -- because that would be the story that would connect to the storefronts in one of two ways, I surmised -- either you'd get to know the guy downstairs who ran the candy store so well that you'd leave him your keys in case you ever lost yours or locked them inside OR he would run a hardware or stationery store that would have a locksmith that could come and pry open your door for you.
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