Farmer's Market Drum Circle

As a drummer and a fan of farmer's markets, I have to say that I like this story from Santa Cruz, CA:

Today

Today I noticed that some tree protection flyers had been posted on all the trees in front of the lot and on the same block across Pine. Additionally, I saw some outside of Bill's Off Broadway.


I also saw these worker types immediately west of the lot but didn't ask them what they were doing. Anyone know what sort of work is about to happen along Pine and if it involves the lot or the street itself?

1614 Summit

Do you or does anyone you know live at 1614 Summit ("The Parc on Summit" -- the gray building adjacent to the lot, shown here).

Update: I just contacted the property manager about using the south wall as our lightshow canvas. I'm not sure what her response will be but am hoping for some positive feedback.

Projection Van

A reader contacted me earlier this evening who has access to a projector that can be mounted on a van! I asked whether or not he has the van too (because if he did, we'd be unstoppable) and will post details when I hear back from him.

In the meantime, enjoy this video of the Uruk Videomachine, a French projection van:

BBQ Corn and Sushi

I just received an email from a gentleman named Matt about his plans for the lot next week weekend. I'll post more details as I hear more from him.

Hello stranger. Next week(end) I will be serving barbecued corn and sushi on the vacant lot on pine in capitol hill. I saw your blog about the lot and thought maybe you would like to know. Que Deliciouso!

Canvas

Looking back at the video, I noticed that the southern wall of the apartment building adjacent to the lot would be a perfect canvas for projection. If one were to project messages about taking over the lot on, say, a Friday or Saturday night, I would think many a bar patron couldn't help but notice.


How to project messages remotely you ask? There's a tutorial right here. I have a laptop and a VGA converter but lack the projector or power inverter...

Projection

I've long thought that a little projection graffiti would be a good tool for criticism in the built environment. Specifically, I thought it would be great along the blank wall of the new Sheraton building downtown, but if there were a way to implement it -- either horizontally or vertically on the pine lot -- we could accomplish several things at once, like making the space more interesting for now and expressing our discontent where more folks would see it (and in the real world, not just online).