What's in my basket?

A collection of photographs taken over the course of this year documenting all the wonderful things that people leave in my bike basket. Just prior to starting this series, I recall finding a half melted ice cream as well as a bottle of Heineken in my basket, but I was way too annoyed and angrily threw those items out of my basket before taking a photo. Then a few days later I discovered two big crumpled balls of packaging film in my basket and I decided to make lemonade from lemons. This is an on-going series and I will add more photos as more items get stashed by strangers in my bike basket. (I was only able to upload a portion of the images today... still more to be added soon!)

 

 

Hot Balls

Hot Balls by Tom Friedman, about 200 balls stolen from shops by the artist over a six month period, 1992

Late the other night, as I was biking home, I saw a small group of guys laughing and carrying a small pumpkin. They all seemed a wee bit inebriated, and I could only guess that they had stolen the pumpkin from the bar where they had been drinking (there were definitely no stores around that were open and selling pumpkins at that time). I immediately thought of this Tom Friedman piece. I always laugh to myself when I imagine the artist stealing the giant ball. 

Happy Birthday to my big bro!

Go Pape Panthers!, hand-cut paper, 5 layers, 8 x 8 inches, 2015