Gothamist: Protesting the War With Projections

where's my bonus

Thu, 22 Mar 2007 01:39:18 -0500

Sorry MT but most New Yorkers fail to grasp in the slightest way why the towers were hit in the first place. And the ones that live downtown are part of the capitalist/globalization machine the terrorists were symbolically hitting. The machine allows them to afford the downtown condos. Most of the people want the rebuilding effort to boost the value of their condos.

Matt

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 17:07:12 -0500

Anybody been to the Shake Shack yet?

MT

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 16:55:26 -0500

That was so not pointless. I thought it was intelligent and powerful. I can't believe the cynical responses all you people have. Maybe it would have been better to shine it on 7WTC since it's half empty, but I think it's important to literally and figuratively shine a light on something that so many of us have tried so hard to forget as a reality. The state of the world at this moment is inextricably connected to that one 16 acre site. We may be trying to run away from it either because we don't care or we just don't want the burden of remembering what happened to us that day, but don't dump on someone who is trying to do something important here. Somehow I doubt the residents there mind having an image of the earth projected into their windows when they have to deal with the noise and blaring lights of the construction site as a constant reminder of what happened just feet away from them every day and every night of their lives.

jack oneil

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 15:56:21 -0500

Wow, how utterly pointless. It is art though so in that respect its sort of cool.

free money

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 15:33:30 -0500

I see now, it was converted in 2003 to residential units. The conversion development received $106.5 million in Liberty bonds. the building was re- opened in 2005.

Not amused

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 15:18:15 -0500

I like it ! Their trying to do something different for a change !

"James Frey"

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 15:11:10 -0500

The "shrouded building" is the old Deutsche Bank building. It's being demolished slowly so as not to accidentally overlook any human remains that might still be in the building. (The remains being from the collapsed South Tower of the WTC.) The building next door is 90 West Street, and yes, people do live inside.

David

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 14:31:24 -0500

I went in person to check it out - they were projecting for a pretty decent amount of time before they got shut down. I'm surprised that the van driver had a suspended license, as one of the guys I talked to introduced himself as the group's legal counsel. Rule 101 of guerrilla art - make sure everyone's legal.

meet mee downtown

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 14:13:32 -0500

Looks like an office building to me. Unless they converted it to residential. The shrouded building was probably the Deutsche bank building.

Matt

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 14:04:22 -0500

Someone should shine 100,000 lumens into their bedroom windows.

Atomische

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:56:24 -0500

I was there, and they were using the shrouded building next door as a screen. The black netting soaked up the image, so there was nothing to see and I left.

"James Frey"

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:36:43 -0500

People live in that building. Did they get permission to shine a big, obnoxious bright light into their windows?

The Edge

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:30:11 -0500

They should try doing that in Iraq, it might make a bigger difference there.

Drew

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:20:31 -0500

That's my building!