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Ways and Means
A for Alibi, De Appel, Amsterdam, 2007
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Case 111.1-8
Installation Shot
"The mounds of oyster shells left by the Dutch who once lived where I now live in Manhattan have become the focus of archeo- logical and music-ological study. What was once a garbage heap is now the site of historical preservation. At the same time not far from the disused manufacturing sites now used by artists as studios in Brooklyn's Bushwick neighborhood (once Breukelen and Boswijck), you can buy auto parts taken from smashed up cars, by referring to them by shelf and object number, like getting a book from the library. ...
