Gibban

This is a piece that I just finished for a show which is open again on October 13th and 14th from 2-5 pm. Location.Seven artists were invited to create site specific pieces for a suburban backyard. This particular yard had a very bunker like quality so I decided that my contribution would be a 20 foot tall wooden pan/tilt periscope. The scope works remarkably well at spying on her neighbors, who fortunately found the whole thing rather amusing. I think the warning signs that I posted around the neighborhood helped. Here is a short video showing the scope, spying on random people walking down the lane, looking at the view, and also some detail shots showing the mechanism. These are some further shots showing the full tower and mechanism details. The construction was pretty simple, 8 pieces of 1.5" fir dowel were used to create the upright risers. These were reinforced with cross rungs that were bolted to them. The tower is constructed in two 10' sections that are slid together ...