This week was a big week for work in the Factory and I am happy to see the various components of the project coming together. James organized a presentation for me at the Crawford College of Art and Design and spoke to students about Ferrous Communitas: The Iron People and about SCAD. I Met with Alex Pentek and Mick O'Shea to talk about the soundscape component of the performance. On the same day, I met with Brian Cronin to talk about making a short film of the event. You can see more of Brian's work at: http://vimeo.com/user7272755. And finally, we acquired the lamp base as Donal worked his magic to have it delivered to the Factory by the City workers! Work is intense and lasts throughout the day and into the night and I couldn't be more excited to be here in this place. It is remarkable to have been afforded this opportunity and James has worked tirelessly to make it happen.
The morning starts with a walk down Richmond Hill and ends with a walk back up. Down is much easier! The walk is a great way to organize my thoughts and prepare for the work I have ahead in the day.
The presentation at CCAD was well attended and students were interested in learning more about SCAD.
The morning starts with a walk down Richmond Hill and ends with a walk back up. Down is much easier! The walk is a great way to organize my thoughts and prepare for the work I have ahead in the day.
The presentation at CCAD was well attended and students were interested in learning more about SCAD.
Back at the Factory the lamp post needed a slight alteration to make it fit the scale of the lever and to make it easier to work during the event. It was a tough call to make because I didn't want to alter the casting any further, but I have to remove the base that had the name of the company and the date, Harris Co Cork 1882. This piece of history had been moved and refurbished from its original location on the Parnell Street bridge dating back to 1882. When Cork built a new Bridge in 1971 they kept a few of the unbroken lamps to occupy a small park at the North end of the bridge. I imagine that the lamp we found was refitted with new fish tail parts, this time cast in aluminum, and moved to a different site. Sand blasting away the blue paint led to a few other discoveries in that it was once painted gold and it has the name Jack Lynch welded with stainless steel in the base... likely done in the 70's during its refurbishing. The image below is from the Cork City Council and the Cork Camera Club Historical Photographs. http://www.corkpastandpresent.ie/
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Mick Wilkins is a machine! This project owes a lot to Mick and his enduring effort.
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I love seeing beauty in everyday things, like this lamp post.. It is amazing to me to think about the time and hard work it took artisans to produce such treasures. It is a good thing that you all have re-purposed this post to give it new life.
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