Weblog dedicated to Christo's Central Park exhibit The Gates.
with voicemail posting.. I have never heard of that (you are all not surprised?).
I have been invited up to an apartment Saturday- at the crack of dawn - "to watch the unfurling of the Gates." Okay, I might not have given it much thought, but I imagined a momentary blur where all the 7,500 gates would let down their saffron sails... apparently (do'h), it will take at least all morning, perhaps all day, to let the panels free from their 'cocoons.'
from the Christo and Jeanne-Claude website:
On Monday, February 7, 2005, weather permitting, approximately 700 non-skilled workers (in teams of 7) will elevate The Gates assemblies -- 2 vertical and one horizontal pole, the upper and lower aluminum corners and base assembly and the fabric panel in a cocoon, attached to the upper horizontal pole. The fabric panels will not initially be seen because they will be restrained in the cocoons which will remain closed until Saturday, February 12, when all the cocoons will be opened, in one day (maybe in one morning), weather permitting, as with all our projects.
Hey Selma. I remember voice mail posting from around a year ago when there was some buzz to it. But then it never really seemed to catch on. Would be good for filing in the field reports for sure.
Here are some random Christo links:
Satellite image of Central Park.
First graffiti?
Very nice quicktime VR panoramas.
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- jim 2-09-2005 7:46 pm
with voicemail posting.. I have never heard of that (you are all not surprised?).
I have been invited up to an apartment Saturday- at the crack of dawn - "to watch the unfurling of the Gates." Okay, I might not have given it much thought, but I imagined a momentary blur where all the 7,500 gates would let down their saffron sails... apparently (do'h), it will take at least all morning, perhaps all day, to let the panels free from their 'cocoons.'
from the Christo and Jeanne-Claude website:
On Monday, February 7, 2005, weather permitting, approximately 700 non-skilled workers (in teams of 7) will elevate The Gates assemblies -- 2 vertical and one horizontal pole, the upper and lower aluminum corners and base assembly and the fabric panel in a cocoon, attached to the upper horizontal pole. The fabric panels will not initially be seen because they will be restrained in the cocoons which will remain closed until Saturday, February 12, when all the cocoons will be opened, in one day (maybe in one morning), weather permitting, as with all our projects.
- selma 2-10-2005 1:33 am [add a comment]
Hey Selma. I remember voice mail posting from around a year ago when there was some buzz to it. But then it never really seemed to catch on. Would be good for filing in the field reports for sure.
Here are some random Christo links:
Satellite image of Central Park.
First graffiti?
Very nice quicktime VR panoramas.
- jim 2-16-2005 7:16 pm [add a comment]