Symbols

Know the system
Out of touch
With the breakdown

Complementary objects cohabitate in an electric world.

“It is strange how we hold on to the pieces of the past while we wait for our futures.” — Ally Condie

Glass interface
Inside transmission
Outside reflection

Working the city street windows for interesting radiation patterns remains viable aesthetic activity.

“Live light. Travel light. Spread light. Be the light.” — Yogi Bhajan

Cherished facet
Economic vitality
Advertising icon

In 1913 the Planters Nut and Chocolate Company opened a facility in Suffolk to be closer to area peanut farmers.

“Products are made in the factory, but brands are created in the mind.” – Walter Landor

Monocle cane
Spats top hat
White gloves

A snack-food peanut in its shell of substance and quality.

“As a legume who’s seen the turn of a century, he knows exactly what you need, often times before you need it. It’s who he is. It’s in his PNA. ” – David Salle

Side of the bay
Erosion control
Boundary rules

Scouting around the venue while anticipating the fall of darkness, a sign appears.

“In the 1950s, the genre of rock ‘n’ roll became fully established, as did the slang association of rock with the high energy of its sound and edgy, rebellious coolness of its social scene.” – Slang Dictionary

Peculiar soling
Orphont seemed
Lay the who

The pedestrian “T. Pott Bridge” is built upon the remnants of a former hydroelectric dam. Near the end of the 1,600-foot-long bridge is an installation that recounts how the former Capital of the Confederate States of America fell and many of its people fled while fire consumed the city.

“The whole riverfront seemed to be in flames….I rode on with a distinctly heavy heart and with a peculiar sort of feeling of orphanage.” – Porter Alexander

Potent brain
Body fuel
Addictive chemical

Our worms catch fish or die trying.

“We become what we behold. We shape our tools, and thereafter our tools shape us.” – Marshall McLuhan

Quinebaug valley
West wing atrium
Art gallery

A collaborative show of fine art photography comes to a successful end.

“Every photograph has an equivalent idea or emotion attached to it.” – Alfred Stieglitz

Kill yet
Against
Fake love

Random messages aggregate on a street sign pole.

“A misinterpretation of facts and expectations may perturb our awareness and unsettle our perception.” – Erik Pevernagie

Bill’s
Cleaners
Laundry

Some artifacts are still in use.

“But that was the trouble with ancient artifacts – no one really knew what they did.” – Patricia Briggs