David Schafer, "Untitled Expression: How to Look at Sculpture," 2009
Photo Credit: Libby Rosof
Here's how David describes it:
Description: How to Look at Sculpture is an abstract construction that supports one PA speaker, the entire sculpture is mounted on a concrete plinth. The form of the tower references slapstick comedy. Such as a prop that would be seen in a Buster Keaton film or Three Stooges episode. The structure is made from aluminum I-beams that are powder coated and connected with stainless steel fasteners. The PA horn is exterior grade, weatherproof speaker. The quality and content of the narration combined with the slapstick nature of the tower offer a comedic parody of heroic modernist sculpture.
Description of Audio: The 17 minute spoken word audio component of How to Look at Sculpture is a male voice reading a text which was
generated by collaging multiple excerpted texts together. The quality of his voice resembles that of a museum docent or lecturer with a slight British accent, which is deep in timber and delivered in a slow inflected tone. The audio also contains a 30 second musical intro and a 30 second musical outro before and after the lecture.
For audio samples: www.davidschafer.org/index/archives/1605
Description: How to Look at Sculpture is an abstract construction that supports one PA speaker, the entire sculpture is mounted on a concrete plinth. The form of the tower references slapstick comedy. Such as a prop that would be seen in a Buster Keaton film or Three Stooges episode. The structure is made from aluminum I-beams that are powder coated and connected with stainless steel fasteners. The PA horn is exterior grade, weatherproof speaker. The quality and content of the narration combined with the slapstick nature of the tower offer a comedic parody of heroic modernist sculpture.
Description of Audio: The 17 minute spoken word audio component of How to Look at Sculpture is a male voice reading a text which was
generated by collaging multiple excerpted texts together. The quality of his voice resembles that of a museum docent or lecturer with a slight British accent, which is deep in timber and delivered in a slow inflected tone. The audio also contains a 30 second musical intro and a 30 second musical outro before and after the lecture.
For audio samples: www.davidschafer.org/index/archives/1605
Copyright 2017 Sue Spaid