the nocturnalist: artist in a tower

June 3, 2011

David Cerny hanging from an electrical tower outside the Meet Factory

Since I've been spending my free time at the Meet Factory working on my documentary, I get to see boatloads of interesting things. I'm not gunna lie, this particular picture is one of my favorites: artist climbing the electrical towers that run over the railroad tracks out front of the Meet Factory -- pretty sweet, if you ask me. He was trying to take pictures of the front of the building, and the crowds...i think. Or he just wanted to climb an electrical tower -- either way, i support the decision in full force.

The meet factory hosts a ton of events throughout the month ranging from dubstep electronic eurotrash concerts to gallery openings. It's a pretty happenin' place, and the beer's cheap, so it's bound to draw a pretty good crowd. It's semi off the map, so the clientele is an interesting bunch. You have to be bound and determined to find the meet factory, if you plan on going there.

I took this picture because I liked the silhouette and repetitive shapes in the towers -- and since I spend most of my time here anyways, I'm trying to vary my meetfactory photos. Hopefully this one will make it into my final documentary. This photo is kind of deceiving because he's not tied on, or standing on anything, despite the optical illusions the shadows are making.