I received an email from my friend Barbara, a sculptor regarding "Moving objects larger than one had thought" and had to share it with you. Barbara sent me this in regards to my moving things into the tiny house...
What we do for the sake of art:
"Hi Corey -
I thought you might enjoy seeing this photo of a construction I made when I was artist-in-residence at Stanford (in 1981!) being moved to the museum on campus. The position came with a house and studio up on Skyline Boulevard (Neil Young was our neighbour), and I actually measured every street light between the studio and the museum, a distance of about 6 miles, to make sure the piece could be trucked over. What I didn't think about was getting the piece through the gates of the ranch where the studio was - and this was impossible. Carl Djerassi, who was funding the chair, suggested that we call a helicopter moving service, who were happy to oblige, so the sculpture was flown to the museum, and deposited on the lawn in front of a large turn of the century mural entitled 'Progress and Civilisation'. The piece slowly disintegrated as the rags holding it in shape deteriorated, and grass grew up through it - the contract for it read that it could be carted away when it became either 'unsightly or unsafe', with the museum making the call - but it definitely looked best in flight. I have a short video clip of it sailing along, to a Beethoven score. Shades of Apocalypse....
Barbara."
