artpost: looking for the catalogue

[foxtongue]

Taxidermy elephant sculpture by Daniel Firman for the exhibition Superdome at the Palais de Tokyo.

Comments

[spaz-own-joo.livejournal.com]

Fantastic. Is it free-standing, or has it been bolted to the ceiling?

[porphyre.livejournal.com]

It must be wired, though it would be splendid if it were free-standing. Apparently there's a lot of detail on how they did it in the catalogue, but I haven't been able to find it on-line yet.

[spaz-own-joo.livejournal.com]

If it were me I'd jam the whole thing down on a solid aluminum column through the concrete.

Absolutely striking either way.

[porphyre.livejournal.com]

Me too. That's what I'm really hoping for.

[skonen-blades.livejournal.com]

I can't tell if he's balancing on his trunk or if he's holding onto the ground for dear life to keep from floating up into space.

[porphyre.livejournal.com]

I like the idea that it's fallen from high up in the air and landed like that.

[mordicai.livejournal.com]

ARG i hate it when you side by side it!

[porphyre.livejournal.com]

Elephants are big.

[mordicai.livejournal.com]

this one is even standing on his head! lengthy theme!

[porphyre.livejournal.com]

I like that people in the picture aren't as tall as the length of the trunk.

[(Anonymous)]

I love this. I also love the idea that she's holding on to keep from being dragged off into space, though I think the body positioning seems to imply an intentional trunk-stand (ears down, legs seem to be positioned for balance.)

I like the buried rod idea but it seems very permanent - what if they wanted to exhibit this elsewhere?

[porphyre.livejournal.com]

There's lots of sculptures that are held up by buried rods. Generally, when it's time to move them, they're simply dug up and the floors replaced.

[mishlai.livejournal.com]

Interesting. Didn't mean to post anonymously.

[porphyre.livejournal.com]

We had a really great one here in Vancouver which was a church standing on it's spire. It was, sadly, eventually taken down. After years of it being up, someone finally made a fuss.

[natowelch.livejournal.com]

The sheer absurdity of this means it deserves a prime spot at the Republican national convention next week.

The GOP: a large, dead animal, being made to things it would be impossible to do when it was alive.

[sr-smith.livejournal.com]

Of course for that it would have to be a White Elephant.

[porphyre.livejournal.com]

win.

[porphyre.livejournal.com]

If only PT Barnum could see this now.

[sr-smith.livejournal.com]

Somewhere out of frame is a guy with a clock around his neck, armed with two turntables and a microphone.

[porphyre.livejournal.com]