Type A

Type A, a sculpture by Team Building (Align), 2010

This sculpture, comprised of two metal rings, is meant to cast 

one shadow on the day of the Summer Solstice.

This year, that will be June 20 at 23:09 GMT, 

which will be 7:09 p.m. DST, I think. 

I took these pictures at 1:26 p.m. and 1:27 p.m., 

respectively, and they look pretty well aligned to me.

What will be magically different just 

after 7 p.m. about seven weeks from now? 

Next year, the Solstice is to

be at 05:04 GMT on June 21.  Well, that translates 

to just after one o'clock in the morning here, 

so not much chance of the two rings casting 

an aligned shadow then, either.

Unless it's star or moon shadows.

Here, a man is walking his dog just outside

Aliens Plotting a Crop Circle.

If I were to lie in the circle naked at the appointed,

important time, will I find my self joyously

impregnated by Darryl the One-Eyed Monster

from the Planet Trojan? That's an event

that'd scare the magic out of all the 

woods faeries for miles around.

Makes their wings droop just thinking on it.

Another of the Bench Around the Lake
series by Jeppe Hein, 2010

These photos are among those I took last week 

during my visit to the Indianapolis Museum of Art 

and to the IMA's adjacent art park, 100 Acres.