Intervals of Prime

[firehouse]

"Intervals of Prime", 2001, 40' x 10' x 9', Steel
Located in Seaside Park, Bridgeport, CT, in conjunction with the ongoing Connecticut Sculpture Park.
Information regarding the park can be found at connecticutsculpture.com or peterlundberg.com

The second work, "Poetics of Space" was an installation at Tricia Collins Contemporary Art, NYC, 1999>

[ALH]

Very cool. I often notice intrusive support structures on work like this. Nothing distracting here. I think anyone encountering this would get a real sense of being out of scale and out of our own dimension.

[Araich]

Welcome firehouse :) I love work like this. What is the colouring?

[firehouse]

Welcome firehouse :) I love work like this. What is the colouring?

Thanks for the response! The medium is 3 and 1/2 inch schedule 40 pipe. The finish is rusted, sanded and rusted again. I really appreciate your response. Thank you.
JC

[Araich]

Ever put work like this inside? I've had this idea of filling up a gallery room, letting the walls be the bounds, the viewer forced to view the work from within. Probably too conceptual for me, but I'm currently fascinated by architecture.

Why sand it? Is that to remove flaking mill-scale, unify the rust? I'm asumming it's black steel, unblasted? Do you seal it with anything?

[firehouse]

Ever put work like this inside? I've had this idea of filling up a gallery room, letting the walls be the bounds, the viewer forced to view the work from within. Probably too conceptual for me, but I'm currently fascinated by architecture.

Why sand it? Is that to remove flaking mill-scale, unify the rust? I'm asumming it's black steel, unblasted? Do you seal it with anything?

Hello there!
I have uploaded an image of a work of similar scale installed indoors. The piece was built specifically for the room ( notice the railing ). "Poetics of Space" is the title. It was a great piece to work on and the response to the work was spectacular.
As for your second question: yes, the sanding unifies the rust, and no, I don't seal it with anything. The second coat of rust creates a nice patina. I don't like paint, but alas, we all must give in some time!!

[firehouse]

Ever put work like this inside? I've had this idea of filling up a gallery room, letting the walls be the bounds, the viewer forced to view the work from within. Probably too conceptual for me, but I'm currently fascinated by architecture.

Why sand it? Is that to remove flaking mill-scale, unify the rust? I'm asumming it's black steel, unblasted? Do you seal it with anything?

Was checking out your work, beautiful!! I am really enjoying your website. Where are you located?? Do you ever do large scale outdoor installations??

[Araich]

John, that looks amazing. I'm impressed you've done work like this, I'd not seen large pipe work inside that I can remember. With the rust, you may get structurally significant rust down the line, is that not a problem?
Thanks for your kind words about my work. The site has been down for the last 12hrs as the servers are moved. I'm in Sydney Australia...
What was the response to that work like? Did people walk through it?

[firehouse]

John, that looks amazing. I'm impressed you've done work like this, I'd not seen large pipe work inside that I can remember. With the rust, you may get structurally significant rust down the line, is that not a problem?
Thanks for your king words about my work. The site has been down for the last 12hrs as the servers are moved. I'm in Sydney Australia...
What was the response to that work like? Did people walk through it?
Araich,
Good to hear from you again. The installation was very successful. The response to the work was as you might expect, people in, on and around the work at all times. The gallery owner had a hard time adjusting to the idea of unharmable work. At the opening I was encouraging interaction while she was scolding folks for it. Anyhow, not everyone gets what we are trying to do.
As far as rust goes, yes it does pose a long term problem. How do you treat your surfaces? It seems you do great job of it?

John C