How Do You Move a 340-Ton Artwork? Very Carefully

Gerald · 10-08-11, 03:39 PM

A granite boulder at the Stone Valley Quarry will be transported to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art 60 miles away over the course of nine nights, traveling through the crowded metropolis at six miles an hour.http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/201...slideshow.html

RIVERSIDE, Calif. — It is just under 60 miles from the Stone Valley Quarry here — an expanse of dust, boulders, roaring bulldozers and cut granite hillsides — to the lush campus of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art on Museum Mile. Behind a pile of rocks the other afternoon, out of sight from the road, workers scurried around a 340-ton, 21-foot-high solid granite boulder, trussed with red steel girders, gleaming under the desert sun. If all goes well, this boulder will be hovering over a cut in the earth on the grounds of the museum, and be open for viewing, by the end of November. The piece, known as “Levitated Mass,” by Michael Heizer, a California-born sculptor known for huge outdoor installations that make extensive use of earth and rock, is by any measure an ambitious and brash use of outdoor space. But more ambitious might be the logistics of moving Mr. Heizer’s rock, which was dynamited out of a hillside, from here to there. It is a trip that will take the boulder through the heart of one of the most congested urban centers in the country: nine nights at six miles an hour, through 120 miles of roads, highways, bridges, overpasses, overhead wires, alarmingly low-hanging traffic lights and sharp turns.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/08/ar...me&ref=general

Note: October 7, 2011

Jimbuna · 10-08-11, 04:45 PM

Stay sober

Torplexed · 10-09-11, 12:29 PM

So, basically this art is a duller, heavier form of Rock 'n Roll.

vienna · 10-09-11, 02:39 PM

Man, talk about being heavily stoned...

krashkart · 10-09-11, 05:31 PM

If they sculpted a cafe out of it, it would be a hard rock cafe.

Jimbuna · 10-09-11, 06:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by krashkart

If they sculpted a cafe out of it, it would be a hard rock cafe.

LOL...nice one

10-08-11, 03:39 PM	#1
Gerald SUBSIM Newsman Join Date: May 2008 Location: Close to sea Posts: 24,254 Downloads: 553 Uploads: 0	How Do You Move a 340-Ton Artwork? Very Carefully A granite boulder at the Stone Valley Quarry will be transported to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art 60 miles away over the course of nine nights, traveling through the crowded metropolis at six miles an hour.http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/201...slideshow.html RIVERSIDE, Calif. — It is just under 60 miles from the Stone Valley Quarry here — an expanse of dust, boulders, roaring bulldozers and cut granite hillsides — to the lush campus of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art on Museum Mile. Behind a pile of rocks the other afternoon, out of sight from the road, workers scurried around a 340-ton, 21-foot-high solid granite boulder, trussed with red steel girders, gleaming under the desert sun. If all goes well, this boulder will be hovering over a cut in the earth on the grounds of the museum, and be open for viewing, by the end of November. The piece, known as “Levitated Mass,” by Michael Heizer, a California-born sculptor known for huge outdoor installations that make extensive use of earth and rock, is by any measure an ambitious and brash use of outdoor space. But more ambitious might be the logistics of moving Mr. Heizer’s rock, which was dynamited out of a hillside, from here to there. It is a trip that will take the boulder through the heart of one of the most congested urban centers in the country: nine nights at six miles an hour, through 120 miles of roads, highways, bridges, overpasses, overhead wires, alarmingly low-hanging traffic lights and sharp turns. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/08/ar...me&ref=general Note: October 7, 2011 __________________ Nothing in life is to be feard,it is only to be understood. Marie Curie

10-08-11, 04:45 PM	#2
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10-09-11, 12:29 PM	#3
Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	So, basically this art is a duller, heavier form of Rock 'n Roll. __________________ --Mobilis in Mobili--

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krashkart Navy Seal Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 5,292 Downloads: 100 Uploads: 0	If they sculpted a cafe out of it, it would be a hard rock cafe. __________________ sent from my fingertips using a cheap keyboard

10-09-11, 02:39 PM	#4
vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,711 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Man, talk about being heavily stoned...