Building Projects

Final diagram to be drawn for the space elevator - laying out where the connector beams will be installed between wall panels. First sort of comprehensive diagram, too. It's exciting to see everything coming together.

Speaking of coming together, above is the construction site for the new Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland - this time I didn't miss!

Object No. 10

Object No. 10 is completed. Off to formally document the work, install, and then head over to Proximity for a showing of work by Janet Bruhn and Wes Friedrich. Busy night, as always!

Unusual Studio Day

Went over to CMA to draw today for the first time in years, mostly just to prove to myself that I can still do it (not that there was ever really any doubt)! Got kinda bored there, plus finding sculptures seemed trickier than I expected. Rodin sculpture room was beautiful, as always, but busy. But I drew the above when I got home.. so that was pretty sweet. Felt nice to just draw again, especially something completely unrelated to my body of work.

Drove by the new MOCA construction site on my way home and tried to take a picture, but missed. Posted it anyway?? Umm, that's it on the left.

Anyhoo, off to study more AE on lynda.com and to finish Object No. 10 tonight. More pictures to come later tonight for sure.

In the double digits now!

Here are the beginnings of Memory Object No. 10. Seems as though I have a surprise moving day coming up, so I'm trying to crank out as much work as possible over the course of the next few weeks before the studio ends up in a flux. Videos and Memory Objects - where it's gonna be for a minute.

Sunsit (2011)

In-progress mock-up of Sunsit (2011)

Tying up some loose ends

Grate 4 is officially, unequivocally finished.

Above and below are images of the additional Space Elevator tower pieces, complete with finishing details from today. The tower will now reach just under 12' tall.

Below are images of the power panel built a few months back, finally installed in the wall of the Space Elevator. This wall is 5' tall and 2' wide, for reference.

(outward facing side)

Also completed today was the reshooting of the video work, Sunsit. Video is compressed into a workable size and is in the animation and editing stage. Images to come!

A new old work and some old new work

Above and below are two in-progress stills of the video work, Cancel (2011), that is intended for projection onto the space elevator installation. Still some layer editing needed, some mask feathering, and definitely some color work (I will eventually need the white in the clothes and sky to fluctuate in space on the white sculpture) but I'm excited to see this video take shape. Shout out to Mike Smith (Graduado Aranha) for being in this piece - thanks so much!

And below, of course, is more of the diamond-cutting-out for the final grate of the space elevator that I've been putting off for 2 months now. It's literally the second to last part of the installation that needs to be cut. I guess that's why I haven't rushed it, but it's nice to be almost officially, unquestionably done.