"16 Tons was a direct action on the 22-story Caseros Prison building, in Buenos Aires that sought to connect the scales of human perception and cosmic movement, through the filter of demolition architecture, revealing hidden dimensions of place and physical history as the prison building disappeared.
After five weeks of onsite work, 48 faces (aparecidos) spanning 18 stories shined out from the prison at varying times of day. Over the course of the next year and a half, the building was demolished floor by floor, and with it the images. "
"Aparecido is the past participle for the Spanish verb aparecer - to appear. Its second meaning is apparition or ghost."
http://www.sethwulsin.com/portfolios/307-16-tons
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