I’m not good at surprising people. I tried to surprise my significant other this week by buying him a Kindle (now available outside the US – yay!). Problem is, I forgot to delete the confirmation email from Amazon, and he stumbled across it when doing some techie repairs. Oops.
Which is why I was impressed by the birthday surprise pulled off in Pasadena, Los Angeles last week. A present for 75 year-old local gallery owner, local artist Ken Marshall erected an 18-foot high fork in the middle of a major road junction. He installed the piece late at night with friends, dressed in Caltrans uniforms, fluoro vests and all. And no one said a word, until the next morning when it started getting the attention of Twitterers and bloggers. Now the city of Pasadena wants to officially sanction it – a rare treat for guerilla artists, and symbolic of the positive attention it has received from Joe Public.
Nice work, Ken!
via LA Times.
Nice forking job! Let’s hope they let it stay!