Ekstasis
When first walking into the art display room the first thing that you see is a massive object that is very sturdy looking in construction. It is not your everyday working media either, it is put together with rivets, welds and screws and the whole thing must weigh several hundred pounds. It all starts with a massive piece of woods that has been carved to look like a torpedo or some kind of fishing lour. The wood has not been finished in any way it has just been shaped It is pushed up on one side with wheels so it makes it look like an old propeller driven airplane before it goes down the runway.
The wheels are connected by two long metal bars and there is a chain connected to a sprocket on the wheels axel. The chain circles back into the object to an imaginary engine that powers the wheels and provides mobility.
On the side of this long piece of wood there is a green crank shaft that has a red handle on it. This is used for starting the imaginary engine that the chain and wheels are connected to. At the opposite end of the wheels it rests on the ground.
At this end there is a medal loop that has been screwed into the bottom and makes a place for something to be attached. A long leather belt runs though the medal loop and is spread out on the ground. The leather belt is brown and broken up into smaller lengths but is put together with massive staples which makes it about ten yards long. When you look at this it makes the whole things resemble some sort of fishing lour from the future that does not work at all and is for massive fish.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
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