NOWHERE

We decided to hang the letters N O W H E R E between the roofs of Anderson and the Gershman Y. This was a collaborative project originally conceived by me and Meg, with later help actually realizing the project from Colleen.

The letters midway through making them with India ink on foamboard, using a projector. Meg and I were both drawn to the word, and it has a number of interesting ways to be interpreted when hung in the space between two buildings. The word NOWHERE can amusingly also be read as NOW HERE. 

This is after I finished the letters and cut them apart. Now they're ready to hang!

We began by lowering one line down from the roof of Anderson. This is from the higher part of the roof of the building, about 10 stories up and without a barrier along the edge. 

Photo Credit: Meg Brady

View from Anderson.

Photo credit: Meg Brady

We dropped the line down the back of Anderson into the alley behind the building.

To weigh the line down, we attached to a bottle found on the roof. Here is where I found it after we lowered it!

Close up.

The next step was to lower a line from the roof of the Gershman Y. Meg and her red backpack can be seen here (next to the graffiti on the ground that reads "I PEE GOLD") as she retrieves the second line. She then connected the line from Anderson to the one from the Gershman.

It was a beautiful day (but a bit hot after standing in the direct sun for a few hours).

With the lines connected, Colleen and I pulled the connected lines up to establish the connection between the two buildings. Colleen is visible in this picture as the dot sticking up on the roof near the wall where the roof goes from nine stories to ten stories. Pulling the line up proved to be trickier than anticipated when the line got stuck on a metal protrusion from the side of the building next to Anderson (which features the Starbucks, the parking garage and Sumo Sushi) for about 20 or so minutes. 

 I put the letters on one end of the line, then Colleen pulled the line across until they were where we wanted them. After adjusting the letter spacing, we tied off both ends and were done in time for class!

Photo Credit: Corrina Mehiel

Unfortunately, NOWHERE vanished after a short time. Whether it was cut down by people in the Gershman building, or the 40lb. strength fishing line was broken by the wind, the disappearance of NOWHERE is a mystery.