Yeah, in December (I think) of 2007. I made a second at some point with the aim of getting to also act as a platform (so you could walk on it), but that was never fully completed, so maybe that'll be the third time around?
Awesome. It's like something out of the movies with all the gadgets in peoples' homes...except it's real. Where is this may I ask? Is it your house, or a studio, or...where?
It was in UBS (Universal Building Supply--they handle a great deal of scaffolding in NYC, but reside in Red Hook NY). Bard College, no more than 3 miles away, rents the space from them. They have some cool stuff every year in April and May (senior shows). Check it out
And yeah, I think film is really important. Particularly the early silent films with Buster Keaton & Harold Lloyd... they just have a good sense of dry humor and do really interesting things with misleading props and environments.
Oh, ok. I'm right near there, in Hyde Park, so I'll have to check it out. Sounds cool. What sort of stuff do seniors do there? Is it like art-oriented, or science, or...I don't know what I would classify this as...revolving walls of awesomeness?
It's arts. There all always really crazy things going on there (Alison Wilder would be another name worth youtubing... she has a piece up called the "Gradient Machine"). One year two guys made a carousel (also on youtube!), another year someone made a giant I-don't-know-what... a big architectural piece that she lived in for a week before the show's opening.
Thanks! I really need to make some abridged versions that are about a minute each, but (1) I just don't believe in too much documentation... because well, I don't like to miss a moment, I guess (2) I don't have the software that is required to edit them anymore.
The follow-up exhibition is called Untitled (Liability Suit).
bladder1010 1 year ago
DaftChemist:
also thanks for the interest!
kerrywessell 3 years ago
Did you make that?
DaftChemist 3 years ago
Yeah, in December (I think) of 2007. I made a second at some point with the aim of getting to also act as a platform (so you could walk on it), but that was never fully completed, so maybe that'll be the third time around?
kerrywessell 3 years ago
Awesome. It's like something out of the movies with all the gadgets in peoples' homes...except it's real. Where is this may I ask? Is it your house, or a studio, or...where?
DaftChemist 3 years ago
It was in UBS (Universal Building Supply--they handle a great deal of scaffolding in NYC, but reside in Red Hook NY). Bard College, no more than 3 miles away, rents the space from them. They have some cool stuff every year in April and May (senior shows). Check it out
And yeah, I think film is really important. Particularly the early silent films with Buster Keaton & Harold Lloyd... they just have a good sense of dry humor and do really interesting things with misleading props and environments.
kerrywessell 3 years ago
Oh, ok. I'm right near there, in Hyde Park, so I'll have to check it out. Sounds cool. What sort of stuff do seniors do there? Is it like art-oriented, or science, or...I don't know what I would classify this as...revolving walls of awesomeness?
DaftChemist 3 years ago
It's arts. There all always really crazy things going on there (Alison Wilder would be another name worth youtubing... she has a piece up called the "Gradient Machine"). One year two guys made a carousel (also on youtube!), another year someone made a giant I-don't-know-what... a big architectural piece that she lived in for a week before the show's opening.
kerrywessell 3 years ago
That's like.....magic! Around and around it goes. 4 minutes of it too!!!!!
wingmanalive 3 years ago
Thanks! I really need to make some abridged versions that are about a minute each, but (1) I just don't believe in too much documentation... because well, I don't like to miss a moment, I guess (2) I don't have the software that is required to edit them anymore.
kerrywessell 3 years ago