This is what I basically did.
What I basically did was I just laid low.
Not that the "owner" would necessarily be able to spend much time there, because as the artist described the project to one interviewer: "When I bought these parcels at the New York City auction, the description of them that always excited me the most was 'inaccessible.' What I basically wanted to do was designate spaces that wouldn't be seen and certainly not occupied.
Far from that nuanced response that I had hoped for, here is what I basically said: "Well, sweetie, do you remember us talking about the World Trade Centers in New York being destroyed by the airplanes and a lot of people were killed?
"What I'm basically doing is saying, 'We're gonna pay for you to let this go.'.
(Of the article, Walker noted, "It's beautiful, because, to dismiss what I do, it basically does what I do: creates a stereotype where once there was a person.
(Gunther got access the old-fashioned way: a family friend — a retired cop — gave him a phone number, and then he waited months for police brass to approve his project. "Once I was in," he said, "I could basically do what I wanted").
As he told me, "Now that I'm through the door, I can basically do what the fuck I want".
Hence, "Taking Note," which is basically what I do, and will continue to do, with the help of my colleagues on the Editorial Board.
It is a collection of songs from various genres but they're--I do what I want to do, basically.
