Matthew J. Feiner




1999

1999
... I had just moved back here to New Haven from Austin Texas. I had several large installation pieces That I wanted to show. I was way ahead of schedule on both of them so I had some time on my hands
One day I was walking around town, and I walked past baybrook bicycles.
There was a sign in the window “mechanic wanted “. So I went on the corner to Willoughby’s, and got a coffee from Kimmy. I thought about what it would be would like to work in a bike shop for real.…

I walked back down, walked in, took the sign out of the window and asked where the Owner was.
Frank keys looked up from his paperwork and said “what are you doing with my sign?”.
To which I replied, “I’m your new mechanic “....…
More on this later…