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1. I have archived much of my life through collected objects.
2. I have moved a smaller studio, making it necessary that I get rid of a lot of these objects.
3. I have done so by using them as the raw material for one enormous collage, created inside a 30-yard dumpster.
4. Oh, also, I have photographed around 500 of these objects and will display them here, accompanied by a brief history of each item.

HALF AN ARM CAST

42 x 17 x 12 cm
The bases were loaded, nobody out in the bottom of the 7th and final inning of a rubbermatch playoff softball game. Winner goes to the finals, loser goes home.  The score was tied, I was at third. In softball, this is pretty much game over.
The ball was hit sharply to shortstop. I broke for home and dove headfirst, trying to make something out of nothing. I broke my wrist. The next batter popped up on the first pitch, the following batter flew out.
I stayed in the game, even got a one arm single in the 8th, but our spirit was broken. Two Boots Pizzeria went onto the finals after 8 or 9 innings. I went to the hospital.
at 11:33 PM
Posted by Mac Premo

4 comments:

  1. AnonymousSeptember 23, 2011 at 9:07 AM

    You are beyond!

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  2. AlanBSeptember 23, 2011 at 4:30 PM

    The irony, that on the weekend that both Moneyball & Dumpster Project open, I'll bet all three outs were produced by free swingers.

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  3. tvslaterSeptember 26, 2011 at 10:42 AM

    while walking past the dumpster yesterday, one of the gladiator spikes on the left side reached out and grabbed my shirt. now i have a ripped shirt and a little bruise on my arm. i'm not screaming about either, nor am i using any fraction of my life to fight for improved safety in the world, but i thought you might want to improve your craftmanship for future installations. i'm tall enough that it just snagged my shoulder; for someone else it might be their neck.

    of course that in no ways detracts from this as a great project. it speaks to many of us with potentially unhealthy (for various relationships) tendencies to collect bits of things with dubious future value. - tim

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  4. Bad Jones RisingSeptember 26, 2011 at 1:44 PM

    Two Boots was the best part of this story lol

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