Carl
Carl is a ten-foot-tall figure in a suit of samurai armor, standing silent in the middle of a city sidewalk.
Carl gets his name from April, who gives it to him on camera in a short video shot in front of him, outside a Chipotle in New York City. On tiptoe, she holds a dummy mic out to him. Her friend Andy Skampt, who records and edits the video, admits on camera that Carl kind of terrifies him.
Up close Carl is solid and immovable, and slightly warm to the touch. The close shots in the video make his stillness look alive, with energy glinting just under his surface. Most New Yorkers walking by take little interest in him, and April wonders aloud what they might take him for, from an art installation to a prop left behind by a film shoot. All the while she has in mind the artist she believes made him.
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