MOVING TYPE

Wandering around Manhattan last week I happened across the New York Times building. It was a huge building, with the NY Times masthead over the entrance in big, metal type. Curious to see if I could get to the top floor for a view, I walked inside (see below for the video of when I finally did get a good view of the city from a rooftop).

The lobby had this cool art exhibit of moving type, which is shown above. I have no idea what the significance, or insignificance, was of each bit of type on the screens. The only common thread is that each screen poses a question, with no answer. It was kind of like a reverse magic 8 ball (remember those things from the 70s, where you asked a question and then shook the 8 ball up and an answer appeared in the window?)