RMS:
I wanted to confront the users of a parking space with something that would engage them in an unexpected way. A parking lot is a very banal space with an equally ordinary purpose. It is the storage space for something that is temporarily not in use. It consists of asphalt and paint, and it fits into the construct of our society that forces the use of an individualized motor vehicle, a sort of vehicular hegemony. At the zenith of its use is perhaps a farmer's market, a used carpet sale tent, or boy scouts selling Christmas trees and popcorn, but these moments are few and far between. Instead, it sits empty most of the time, save for the hour when everyone gets out of work and heads to the store to pick up groceries or whatever it is they need on the weekend. My aim is to confound spectators and begin to break their ideas of what a parking space could be used for. My hope is that it may inspire some to think of the potential as to what could exist in its place.
I wanted to confront the users of a parking space with something that would engage them in an unexpected way. A parking lot is a very banal space with an equally ordinary purpose. It is the storage space for something that is temporarily not in use. It consists of asphalt and paint, and it fits into the construct of our society that forces the use of an individualized motor vehicle, a sort of vehicular hegemony. At the zenith of its use is perhaps a farmer's market, a used carpet sale tent, or boy scouts selling Christmas trees and popcorn, but these moments are few and far between. Instead, it sits empty most of the time, save for the hour when everyone gets out of work and heads to the store to pick up groceries or whatever it is they need on the weekend. My aim is to confound spectators and begin to break their ideas of what a parking space could be used for. My hope is that it may inspire some to think of the potential as to what could exist in its place.