Exploring the Iroquois sculpture by Mark di Suvero
"di Suvero is an earnest romantic, with a gentle voice. Of course, considering he has a broken back, he also has to be fierce to have made the bristling red Iroquois, which has a moving part that seems rather static. But the piece makes me think di Suvero is like the anti-Giacometti: Iroquois is human, and depends on a number of strategies to stand erect, which suggests vulnerability; but its I-beams shout power and stability; its coat of red cries out to be recognized." - LIBBY source- http://www.theartblog.org/2007/06/you... Red painted steel (automotive grade) 42'L x 40' H x 31'8"W, 35,000 pounds "The 40-foot sculpture features open spaces that invite you to view it from multiple angles and to actively participate." - http://withart.visitphilly.com/artwor... I chose to actively participate. About This Clip: From what I've read about the artist Mark di Suvero, I believe he would find humor in this video. Specially the part where I discover his moving cradle. He like to leave movable parts in his sculptures. I would like to go back and make a much better film of his sculpture and do it more justice. This was just getting to know the sculpture first. This whole thing started when my friend and I were hanging out at the statue one night admiring it and playing catch. The tennis ball got stuck up in the sculpture and well, I climbed up to get the ball back. It was like the movie The Sandlot. As usual I had my camera with me to capture the effort, however I had no way to mount it to me so I put the camera in my mouth, hit record, and climbed up into the night sky. Thus ending up with a video I called Space Walk - Getting The Ball Back. You can find it on YouTube as well. After the first climb I felt really exhilarated from experiencing the artwork in this new way and all I wanted to do was climb and explore it more so I came back and filmed this with the help of a friend. This is still just recorded field research to me. I would like to make a nice pretty and artsy film with big sweeping boom shots and dramatic music. I love the new world sculpture gives us to explore and what better way to experience it than to directly interact with it than to feel it, specially if you cant see to good. It is art you can experience in a physical sense instead of the usual visual or audible senses. The shame is the curator is probably to afraid of the liability of letting people experience it this way. How do you feel in a "look don't touch" world? I was not reckless. I was a bit surprised the one bar is free to swing a bit but mostly I was in a hurry to not be hassled by any security. I know my limits and took precautions and thus took full responsibility for my actions and it was beautiful. Also I would not have done this If I thought it may harm the art in anyway but its a huge steel structure so only a wrecking ball could do that. So Miley Cyrus is a bigger threat to this thing physically and culturally. I don't condone recklessness but I encourage people to live life to the fullest. To anyone upset about this. Sorry I hurt your sculpture. I leave you with one more quote. "Sorry we hurt your field mister" - The Beatles (A Hard Days Night film) I created this video with the YouTube Video Editor ( / editor )
