Ann E. Resnick

So, I finished the wall tonight, now I just have to get it to Shift Space–that could be tricky! Tomorrow I’ll take down a couple of saw horses, then get a couple of sheets of luan and some saran wrap stuff (what do they call it when it comes on a really big roll?), wrap it up a little, make it safe to travel. I want to be able to flip it and set it on the saw horses, then finish the wiring. Hopefully, I’ll get it down there on Friday or Saturday. I wonder if it will stand on it’s own–I kinda doubt it!

The wall is finished!

it’s all figured out–today I started to think about the weight of the flowers on the foam and whether a 2″ x 4′ x 8′ sheet filled with flowers would have enough integrity to stand straight–the flowers will add considerable weight. I’m worried that the board will break (even if it bowed out it would be bad). I’m also really worried that I don’t have enough flowers to cover the whole space. So, several solutions suggest themselves–one is to build a support for the wall–that wouldn’t be too hard–just some 2 x 4’s. Another possibility–use the opposite wall–the one with the doorway–this might offer some interesting changes in the way a viewer experiences the piece. For one thing, you wouldn’t actually see the wall until you turned to leave the room–which seems cool to me. I’m guessing this way I would use at least one less sheet of foam. I think the sensors and lighting would work the same way as originally planned. Anyway, I’m going to think about this at least overnight. What does anyone else think?