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    The Miraculous Artist, Carolina Mayorga, shares her Art in Odd Places festival experience

    February 14, 2012 – 5:38 am

     

    Most people like the Miraculous Artist and the Mobiraculous, like the guy in the photo who sat on it and checked out all its parts. Others thought it wasn’t strong enough to hold them but it proved them wrong, some guy even asked if it was “a magic chair” and others were really offended by it, read carefully, not by the Miraculous Artist but her chair: As I was walking along, a guy approached me and asked rudely and repeatedly what was the chair for, I responded I sat on it, we handed him a flyer with the information of the festival which he decided to throw back at me while saying we should leave and didn’t belong there. Thankfully he threw it back as I was already walking away so everything was cool, just wondering what was so offensive about the cart and not my big Miraculous Heart shirt, etc… and after all he’s right the Miraculous Artist belongs in Heaven as she’s temporarily visiting the terrestrial realms of NYC-14th street. Just want to share some stories/reactions and some pix,


    Carolina

    Art in Odd Places 2011 artists, Nobu and Carolina



     

     

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    New Yorkers Restreeted.

    February 14, 2012 – 5:37 am

    Words and phrases buzzed round my head as i placed my magnets along 14th Street.

    Does anyone else think while
    roaming New York:
    what the hell is this stuff
    and who buys it?
    @jusbass
    It had been a long road to get to this point and…… a heavy night. I’d taken 75 tweets from New York residents and along with a drawn bird, turned them into magnetic vignettes. Their thoughts still resonated…
    I was embarassed
    and I didnt want it to lead to
    other embarassing things.
    @afgutierrez
    It was quick and effortless. Between The Highline and 9th Ave it is adorned with metalllic surfaces. I put out all 150 magnets and photographed every one.
    What is the etiquette
    for when your ex-BF calls you to ask where in NYC
    would be a good place to send
    his new GF shopping
    @contraryashley


    When you’re out there you realise how little personal content exists on the street. Apart from names like Stella McCartney, where are people heard? I’m a quiet man and a good listener and I wanted to change that. Maybe New Yorkers get a bad press for being unapproachable but I have found the opposite. Twitter made it possible to hear them.

    They got on the bus together
    that was unexpected.
    I was sure they already said goodbye
    but then he offered to walk her to the bus stop.
    @tiedyeina
    As if to reinforce my postive suspiscions about NY, I was taken under the wing of @mikedirubbo, the first tweeter i featured on this project 6 months ago. I will never forget the experience. Thank you.
    Alban Low
    My heart
    bleeds no more.
    @_mikegreene
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