Vandalism, Art, or Insanity?

Installation 1

Taking advantage of the nice weather today, I went for a walk in Leif Erickson Park, where I found several of these “installations” for lack of a better word. If you can’t quite make it out, these are eggs stuffed into pantyhose and thrown up into a tree.

Installation 2

At first, I thought maybe these were plastic Easter eggs and maybe they contained clues or treasure maps inside of them. But no, upon further inspection, they were real eggs.

Installation 3

One pair of pantyhose contained not eggs, but cups of Yoplait yogurt. The cups appeared to be unopened.

So the questions I asked myself were: “Is this supposed to be vandalism? Is it supposed to be art? Or is this the by-product of insanity?”

If it’s art or vandalism, well, I don’t get it. So I guess I have to go with insanity. What do you think?

17 Comments

  1. vicarious on March 16, 2009 at 4:27 pm

    It think it is art, vandalism, AND insanity. I also think it is an awesome and inexplicable act of randomness.

  2. Danny on March 16, 2009 at 4:31 pm

    Is this some variation on the “old shoe” trick? That’s where you see a pair of old shoes in a tree and it’s supposed to signal it as a place where you can buy weed.

  3. vicarious on March 16, 2009 at 4:33 pm

    In my various neighborhoods in MPLS, the shoes-on-the-powerline thing indicated a place to buy crack.

  4. Barrett on March 16, 2009 at 4:42 pm

    These were in the Rose Garden, by the way. Right next to the gazebo where people get married. So who knows…maybe it’s some bizarre Scandinavian wedding rite.

  5. vicarious on March 16, 2009 at 4:45 pm

    Those nordic types can get freaky!

  6. Bad Cat! on March 16, 2009 at 6:44 pm

    Weeeiiiirddddd….
    I hope you get an answer.

  7. The Big E on March 16, 2009 at 7:01 pm

    I was always kind of partial to the shoetree at the U. Could you get crack there?

  8. adEm on March 16, 2009 at 7:34 pm

    Call me a cynic, but it looks like garbage to me.

  9. Danny on March 16, 2009 at 8:36 pm

    Crap. That’s where I got married.

  10. Barrett on March 16, 2009 at 9:18 pm

    Maybe someone put a voodoo curse on you.

  11. Danny on March 16, 2009 at 9:30 pm

    Wouldnt be the first time.

  12. Chester Dark on March 17, 2009 at 7:10 am

    I thought the shoes in the tree thing was a gang-related ritual….your first “cap popping”, the first time you “ice” someone, the first time you overuse “quotes”….

  13. Barrett on March 17, 2009 at 9:34 am

    Snopes.com says: “Theories as to what these shoes signify abound, but, contrary to what one hears, there’s no one right answer.”

    How about shoe tossing? Or maybe shoe trees of the Mojave? It all reminds me of Bubblegum Alley.

  14. Clip on March 17, 2009 at 5:38 pm

    ….mmmmmm….eggs…yogurt…pantie hose…new Burrito combo, si?

  15. zra on March 17, 2009 at 9:06 pm

    ew.

    rp gauntlet

  16. Dave Sorensen on March 18, 2009 at 6:25 am

    Y’all sound as if you’ve never seen eggs in pantyhose hanging from a tree before. You need to get out more. Why when I was a boy…
    Also, this shows that PDD could use a new category for postings: Mind F**ks.

  17. chris m on March 18, 2009 at 1:31 pm

    left there by the dairy fairy

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