Exodus Steps is ready to open. We have walked members of the Skirball Cultural Center staff around, sent them files for replacement vinyl if it is needed. We have sent various scripts for what the front of house team can say when people ask them what it is and how it works.

We worked hard, had good fun in the midst of the slog and treated ourselves to a brief trip to Venice Beach when it was all over. A webpage now exists for the show here and there is a run down of the process I wrote for Skirball’s blog here. Today attention turned fully onto The Anatomy of Melancholy.

So it’s the morning of the last day installing Exodus Steps. We have been working long, long hours as our ambition for the show has grown to match the scale of the Skirball Cultural Center’s campus. (more…)

Things are going ridiculously smoothly. Everyone has been very helpful and very friendly. The show fits into the space remarkably well. All our proposals have been accepted. We got a little close to the wire with delivery of vinyl, but that has arrived now. We got a little close to being at war with the venue’s plotting machine, but fortunately Gene was working late and stepped into the room at the crucial moment. It all makes for a stress free experience and a tedious blog entry. Maybe you’ll like this one more.

A donut the size of a house? Yes, we’re back in Los Angeles adn although the Paparazzi were at Arrivals it turns out they were more interested in models and film stars flying in for the Oscars than Stan’s Cafe turning up to stick vinyl all over the Skirball Cultual Center.

Our project is on the front of the venue’s season brochure, it has its own flier and banners promoting it hang from lampposts up Sepulveda Avenue, so the pressure is on to get this one right.

A solid working day and it’s done, Robot Steps is installed at The Barbican for their weekender.

Tuesday to plan, Wednesday for Simon to design, Thursday to cut, pick out and back up, tomorrow to stick. Slimed down, smaller, low budget steps for the weekend. (more…)

Today Simon, Craig and I spent a day at The Barbican planning out Robot Steps. It has been commissioned for the venue’s forthcoming Weekender. As the piece is only up for a weekend the budget is low. We are therefore trying to plan a mini-version of the idea. One day planning, one day’s graphic design, half a day cutting and a day installation. It is difficult keeping the ideas under reign, nevertheless we think we have a good plan. (more…)

On one monsterous day last week Bill, Craig, Jack and Jake removed Golden Steps from the streets of Camden. It turns out to take roughly the same time to remove as it does to install and just when you WANT IT TO RAIN, it doesn’t. Up Projects, who commissioned Golden Steps have just sent us a link to a video documenting their Terminus Treats project which Golden Steps formed part of.