Thursday, November 30, 2017

Ars Gratia Artis


There is a storefront at 8th and Pine that has been vacant for 20 or 30 years. Its former use was unusual. The phone company filled it with physical phone books from all around the country. In pre-internet times, you could go there to look up a phone number in Chicago or Dallas. I did occasionally.

It's obvious what happened to that idea. This season Art St. Louis filled the dark interior with glowing, onion-shaped constructions, pulsing and changing colors. Maybe it was supposed to be Christmas-y. I thought it was spooky.

4 comments:

Stefan Jansson said...

Weird that it has been empty for a few decades. Nice selfie.

William Kendall said...

A good selfie!

Marion said...

Fascinating tale. Love the phone book story. Inspiring!!

PerthDailyPhoto said...

And we just enjoyed seeing you at work Bob 😀