Stationary Climber

660 lbs revolving track + 1 climber = circular drawing. A physically demanding performance driven artwork that creates a circular drawing through mechanical proxy.

The Stationary Climber is a vertical climbing track that rotates as I climb it, which rotates a drawing table on its axis in circles. As I climb the track, a drawing jig mirrors my up and down movements on the rotating drawing surface. Contained within the drawing jig is a marker, which is linked via cables to both my arms, so as I extend either arm it causes the marker to move. The performance last as long as I can endure, but ultimately ends when a lever at the top of the piece is grabbed, which lifts the drawing jig off the drawing table. The Stationary Climber is a Sisypean tragedy for artists.

Copyright 2006.

Talk about tragedy, go see Not The Red Button

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• art
• sculpture
• installation
• performance
• drawing
• extreme
• climbing
• stationary
• weird
• contemporary
• crazy
• not
• red
• button
• abe
• knockout
• artist

[regiaart]

Hi, thanks I love your work. Let's make a show together!

[abeferraro]

That would certainly make for an interesting & polarizing exhibition...you working direct and effortlessly while I work indirect and laboriously. Lets do it!!!

[WholeWorldIsWatching]

WHy hAvNT i SeeN THis b4?

SucH is My LifE...clImB cLiMB clImb

OnLy TO gET tHREe FeET ofF thE GroUND

OUTsTAndiNG poRtrayal oF tHE sTruggLe anD ENeRgY exErTed

HoPE yoU pOst Your LaTesT aS WelL.

L.C.

[abeferraro]

Well thanks leah...I will eventually get my new piece up soon.

[bwhahrhr]

I realy love watching your videos, over and over and over again. I even started dreaming about this pice (actualy more the machine not the artwork). I wish I had the money to start building bigger machines and robots as I am building now - but watching those is fine enough for me.

Good Luck and I wish you that you never run out of inspiration (o:

[abeferraro]

Well many thanks again...do what I do...dream big! I look forward to seeing your machines someday.

[Vonargandur]

That device is awesome, i would love to have one ot those ... just the cimbing part, not the drawing part.... to be able to climb endlessly would be awesome.... and of course i would place a huge matress at the bottom to take my fall as i pass out from exhaustion :P

[carolinesimone]

excellent... but i would love a voice action aswell..right, hand, left foot, drop, pull up weight, left, climb. It would be interesting to see this as spots with another colour.

[Sabina20eventi]

Your static upgrowing comes to a brownian motion!

Nice work

[sastremania]

nightmare!!!! hahaha

really liked it

mr barney are our parents!

thanks for your comments

Martin.-

[freekeefox]

Heeh, I've played on those before

[joysstick]

Excellent!!