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Exhaustion

April 8, 2020 – 6:51 am

From 2010 to 2011 I worked at a metal shop. We constructed objects from steel, zinc, tin, and bronze. Everything was heavy and the work was hard, but better than being broke, since my old spot on 47th Street was gone. No one was buying diamonds these days and even my old friend and boss […]

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STELARC- E11th and Ave. B NYC 1985

October 26, 2012 – 6:55 pm

For the last two weeks I’ve been working at a high-level metal shop in Greenpoint with a friend from the East Village. Tim has been kind enough to employ me, even though I’m a threat to life and limb in a heavy machinery environment. Today was the final stage of my stint at Studio 40, […]

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