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...annual Erector set parties, which he has held since 1976, and which were once advertised as opportunities for “food, frolic, and the chance to act like a child with impunity.” So his submission to the exhibition—a display including his Erector blimp, ferris wheel and carousel—was not necessarily made in private chambers. But for others, the exhibit presented both an exciting and somewhat frightening opportunity.“I realized today that all these people had seen my stuff. It was very sobering; it’s a very...
...live shows that captured the, um, thrill of watching grown men struggling to catch fish. It can take hours to get a bite, but cool editing tricks, Pixar-type animation and dizzying camera work keep the action moving at breakneck speeds. ESPN had 35 cameras, two helicopters and a blimp at the classic, while the FLW uses more outr gimmicks like underwater "snorkelcams." "Having competing media is the best thing possible," says Iaconelli. "First ESPN does something, then Fox one-ups them. That domino effect helps the sport's visibility. We need that New Yorker who's fished once...
...Schroer recalls. “Well, I could only see one problem with that approach,” Bush said, according to Schroer. “The people I know back in Texas, I can imagine them out in their backyards seeing one of those mobile homes on a blimp, and they would take out their twelve gauge shotgun and blow that sucker clear...
Lindquist, an art-school grad who has delivered pizza, has worked as a crew member on a blimp and is a photographer, has been making about $10 an hour, six days a week, doing this kind of work for ACT since January. Democratic veterans like former state party chairman Paul Tipps say ACT's operation is more focused and better coordinated than any they have ever seen in politics. But others are worried whether outside operators who are being sent into urban neighborhoods will really connect with and galvanize a notoriously recalcitrant group of voters. Or even keep track...
...piece by Gordon Matta-Clark that consists of a large section cut from an entire house and the room-size installations that became more common in the '70s and after. The danger of so vast an expansion, of course, was that MOMA would itself become economy size, an alienating blimp hangar. "The most cherished dimension of the old museum was its sense of intimacy," says Glenn Lowry, MOMA's director. "When we began laying out the new building, we had the option of 20,000 to 30,000 more square feet than we settled on. We didn't want...