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Projects: Searching for Geomantrick, 1998

At exactly 5:03 a.m. on Sunday, October 25, 1998, Searching for Geomantrick began with a bicycle trek to Bughouse Square across from the Newberry Library in the city of Chicago. During this project, 60 natural light boxes (Geo-artworks) containing color transparencies were distributed to 20 Chicago City parks.

A note describing the effort and inviting response accompanied each Geo-artwork. 14 persons responded to the 60 deposits. The finders ranged from a Streetwise vendor to a Chicago beat cop. In total, 135 miles of bike-riding occurred, two large blisters were had, and 224 ounces of bottled water consumed.



Notes:

Chicago Parks included: Bughouse Square, Burnham, Calumet, Chinatown Square, Columbus, Douglas, Garfield, Grant, Marquette, Humbolt, Jackson, Juarez, Lincoln, Olive, Plymouth, Rogers, Scrapper's, Warren, Washington, and Wicker.

One finder reply from a young soul identifying himself as "Danny" (a rather common name in the Windy City) reads, "I'm not going to tell you what # I found or where I found it till then." Unfortunately, no additional communications were attained. Certainly, this articulate and engaging individual attended one of the local prestigious Chicago public schools.


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