Revolving Wall

Untitled (Revolving Wall). December 2007. Bard College UBS Exhibition Space in Red Hook. Kerry Wessell.

The wall is made out of recycled wood and drywall, and is supported by half an inch black pipe, which is firmly set in the two stationary walls. The dimensions of it are 7'10" by ~ 13'6"

Untitled (Incomplete Wall)
Same place. 18 inches off the ground, 13'6" ceiling. Roughly 6 feet wide. Previously, there was a complete gap.

searches: Buster Keaton Duchamp Nauman Harold Lloyd Mighty Mouse Tommy Oliver Paul Bowen Labor Blue White Collar Art Installation Hard Work

Category:

Film & Animation

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• art
• experimental
• film
• student
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[kerrywessell]

DaftChemist:

also thanks for the interest!

[DaftChemist]

Did you make that?

[kerrywessell]

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?

[DaftChemist]

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?

[kerrywessell]

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.

[DaftChemist]

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?

[kerrywessell]

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.

[bladder1010]

The follow-up exhibition is called Untitled (Liability Suit).

[kerrywessell]

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.

[wingmanalive]

That's like.....magic! Around and around it goes. 4 minutes of it too!!!!!