Spotted at Trade & Tryon: afternoon prayer or performance art?

Posted on 8 Jul 2010 by Justin Ruckman

Billy Fehr (of Rock and Roll Stop the Traffic!) saw the above man step out of the cab he was driving and set out a space to pray towards Mecca on the sidewalk near Trade & Tryon. Nothing really unsual there, except that he was facing North not towards Mecca, and at the head of his prayer rug he had placed a portable credit card reader.

More pictures on Billy’s blog. What do you think?