Images
from the afternoon party at Lenny's in Berkeley, at which the Spiral
Eye was set up.
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Still
more to do in the final
week! Need for people to help construct solar barque, paint panels,
work on costumes. Contact Annie.
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Work
begins: crew
stalwarts Hank, Beri, Robert, Tom and Berne. |
The
setting: a charming old gas station in central Berkely, now an automotive
repair shop and art gallery, next door to Leonard Pitt's home.
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A
major partly-assembled piece waits on the side to be added to the
spiral.
Suspended
in the air is Lenny's original small-scale work, one of many he
created in Paris in the 1960's. It was this "model" that
inspired Annie to build a large-scale version on the playa.
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Once
the first half is complete, the crew rolls and turns it into a position
that will give the rest of the sculpture room.
One
question is answered: yes, we will be able to roll it. However,
the many stress points make it somewhat delicate, and it will likely
be firmly tethered to the playa most of the time.
Note
the lovely shadows, which will be very striking on the playa. |
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Preparing
the second major assembled block of smaller pieces to be added to
the first half of larger pieces. |
A
group of party volunteers move the second large assembled block into
place. |
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Random
on a ladder connecting sections. |
A
tense moment. At certain points a large crew is needed to hold sections
in place. At one point the tension was too much and one of the wooden
segments snapped.
That
this happened only once is a tribute to the long and painstaking
work Beri, Annie, Random and several others put into its design
and construction, and the good work of the assembly crew and volunteers.
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Lenny
and Annie standing inside the finished
Spiral Eye of the Celestial Falcon.
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Dissassembling
the piece. Some chunks of smaller sections were left together, but
most of the tetrahedrons had be be unscrewed and carefully stacked.
That
the whole thing can be put up and taken down in an afternoon is
good news for the playa. The crew learned a lot from the exercise,
which will also help. |
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