Curio: assembling & assembling

I have built the proscenium for my installation. The side walls are 3/8" spruce plywood sandwiching 2" of foam insulation. The interior wall is 3/8" spruce plywood sandwiching 1.5" foam insulation. This wall is cut into two sections: the bottom area can be pulled out so I can walk through the wall, and open the door it now covers. The top half is fixed, and has no insulation in between the two pieces of ply. The interior faces of the proscenium is painted black. The exterior wall will be painted white (too snowy now to paint outside).

The dimensions of the proscenium and the durability of its construction will enable me to attach all my machine parts to the structure. The painted surface is a chalkboard where I can write and draw the armatures of the machine, which will come to fill the space.

Three things I need to consider now: sound, lighting, copper tubes. It is essential these three elements interact during the machines performance.



Steven Pippin, Black Hole, 2003 & Joseph Beuys, detail of Secret Block for a Secret Person In,

Curio: locating and assembling

I have located a site for the next iteration of my machine, and have begun to design and assemble the proscenium for the installation.



The proscenium is an insulated wooden cabinet, matching the area of a door frame. The door I have located opens onto the outside. The proscenium frames both interior and exterior surfaces of the site. Withing the depth of the proscenium is an insulated wall. The wall defines a new break between what is on one side of the cabinet, and what is on its other. The proscenium will be installed so that the existing door can be opened and closed without damage to it or the installation.



The proscenium is a technical tool too. It will hold up the technology of the installation: hanging du Still, fixing lights, sound, microphones, etc... The proscenium embodies the content of the project: a cabinet of curiosities.