10/20 Blog Entry

For this blog i found a project by Steven Shearer with the name Improved Geometric Mechanotherapy Cell for Harmonic Alignment of Movements and Relations. This project started by the artist observing that a jungle gym was made out of pvc pipe. The artist says that "I liked the idea that this utopian object was constructed out of plumbing material and maybe it is now the plumber taking on the role of the social-engineer." He took this idea and design and then exaggerated from it to create a small scale model of inter winding pipes and an endless maze of copper. He will create a finished version of this that is nine square feet. Also in this large construction of pipes he will install speakers that play low vibrations. This will draw the viewer in and get them to interact with the object. The artist states that "I like the idea of a sculpture that tries to turn people's bodies into instruments." This makes this artwork very unique.