Follow Leaders, and Subvert Your Parking Meters
Parking space performance art:
You will “rent” the space(s) by paying the requisite amount for the time. This payment should authorize and entitle you to use the space in any way you choose. Why should cars be privileged?
You might think that Calvin Trillin was all over this with Tepper Isn’t Going Out, but, since the title character sits in his car while letting the meter run out, he’s really just co-opting meter rebellion and turning it into something safe and nonthreatening.
And here we’ve been walking through a whole lot of mostly empty spaces on North Campus every day without realizing how privileged those few cars are to pay $1 per hour for the spaces. Next Monday when we get off the bus, we’re going to pay the $8 for a space and do our work there all day. We might get a little sunburned, but it’s worth it to engage in some dope culture jamming and subvert the oppressive assumption that cars are supposed to park in parking spaces.
I love the only two requirements: “1. Use a parking space with a meter
posted by Emily on July 25th, 2006 at 10:32 am2. Don’t engage in any activity that would be illegal in and of itself,” which suggests that using a parking meter for something other than parking might just be illegal. Could one live in a parking spot? How would that compare to Ann Arbor rents?