Maya Lin is scheduled for a lecture at the de Young on Friday, October 24 at 7 pm in the Koret Auditorium.
Today, 2x4 Landscape is on Day 4 of a 15 day installation period. It’s something to see all of the wood pieces stacked around the Wilsey Court. I have to say that it makes me think of all of the stacks of wooden frames that we have bundled in the hallway at Burnett!
Here are some pretty cool facts that were gleaned from Dan Gurney of the Henry Museum in Seattle. He’s the guy that travels where ever the show goes to install this piece. Maya conceived of the piece, and designed it. She also situated the work in the de Young. Dan and his crew at the Henry built the sculpture according to Maya’s plans.
There are about 50,000 pieces of wood that make up this work.
The total weight of the wood come to about 60,000 lbs.
It takes 2 semi trucks to transport the sculpture.
Dan has a crew of 6 people who will work for 15 days to install the piece.
The piece is first mapped on the floor, and is constructed out from two rows, number 52 & 53.
Dan and crew had to develop their own names for the units that are used to construct the sculpture. They decided to name chunks of wood that make up the unit “a bundle” and the larger packaging of wood “palettes.” They also came up with the numbering system. Hence the name “systematic landscapes.” They had to come up with terminology and a system to enable the construction of these landscapes.
You can see photos of the installation at de Young's Flickr photo stream:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/famsf/sets/72157607807010397/
The piece will be completely installed by the 24th!
Meanwhile, back at Rooftop, our 6th grade students have been exploring the hill form using a variety of media, beginning with paper, and moving into clay.
At the Burnett Campus, Ms. Cruz’ kindergarteners tried their hand at building the hill form, using a variety of materials including styrofoam, rocks, wood, clay, and even a deck of playing cards. Interestingly, the kids came to the conclusion that it just couldn’t be done with wood! Won’t they be surprised when they get a look at Lin’s 2 x 4 Landscape!
