tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post3470816346370020616..comments2024-03-26T09:42:38.709-05:00Comments on ArchitectureChicago PLUS: Sao Paulo goes Martin Luther on signage's assLynn Beckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03759748613223711212noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-76185067638568900152007-05-18T14:57:00.000-05:002007-05-18T14:57:00.000-05:00There is a Chicago artist named Matt Siber who tak...There is a Chicago artist named Matt Siber who takes photos of street scenes and digitally erases everything in the photo except for any text including license plates numbers, signage, banners, people’s T-shirt lettering, and even car bumper stickers. In exhibitions, he places the unaltered photo next to the edited print. Amazing that the reverse happened in real life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10923291.post-72517019614959081392007-05-17T08:01:00.000-05:002007-05-17T08:01:00.000-05:00Looking through the photo-set on flickr, the remov...Looking through the photo-set on flickr, the removed signage and empty support structures add a haunting abandoned look to the city. I don't think this is necessarily better. It's as though the city is in decline.<BR/><BR/>If I was the owner of the advert space, I would refuse to take the support structures down. Leave them up as a tombstones from a thriving city.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com