I have often wondered about the issues of a similar but different idea of projecting shadows on a building.
If I put a light in front of my house (a porch light, a walkway light, a street light, etc.) some of that light will inevitably shine on nearby building surfaces. That happens in just about every lighting situation and practically no one objects.
But what if I place a mask of some sort between the light and the building so that the mask casts a shadow and that shadow spells something, perhaps something commercial or humorous or obscene, but something that the building owner doesn't appreciate?
All I'm doing is REMOVING some of the light that was falling on the building just as the artist in the present discussion is REMOVING some of the dirt.
Would the building owner have any grounds to prevent me from casting such a shadow?
If I put a light in front of my house (a porch light, a walkway light, a street light, etc.) some of that light will inevitably shine on nearby building surfaces. That happens in just about every lighting situation and practically no one objects.
But what if I place a mask of some sort between the light and the building so that the mask casts a shadow and that shadow spells something, perhaps something commercial or humorous or obscene, but something that the building owner doesn't appreciate?
All I'm doing is REMOVING some of the light that was falling on the building just as the artist in the present discussion is REMOVING some of the dirt.
Would the building owner have any grounds to prevent me from casting such a shadow?