METALs

Last night I saw Richard Serra's films at Moma. There was a nice silent B+W about a rotating railroad trestle bridge- and the subway rumbled underneath the building to make an ambient soundtrack, along with the uncomfortable giggles. So in walks some idiot with a talking toy device that says things like- "The bullshit's getting deep around here". He got kicked out, and slowly the people in the audience who didn't realize they were going to be watching "art" films left.

The film documenting a steel mill making a huge metal cube was wonderful. The movements of the workers, what they said about working on artwork, the glowing hot metal cube being hoisted slowly throughout the darkened massive building. Then the steelworkers outfits- glittering silver capes, sparks, and bursts of hissing steam.
Can you picture it?
Steelmill/Stahlwerke. 1979. USA. Co-maker, Clara Weyergraf-Serra, Lizzie Borden, DeeDee Halleck


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"The Alamo" (Tony Rosenthal) is located on the Astor Place Traffic Island at the intersection of Lafayette Street and 8th Street. The 15 foot sculpture can be rotated on its tip. It was the first permanent contemporary outdoor sculpture installed in the City of New York.


Also in the neighborhood:

Tim Hawkinson tin foil sculptures