Installation of "Chicago Industrial", by Marshall Svendsen

 

The Team..

From left: Margaret Bobo Dancy, Ted Sitting Crow Garner, Terrence Karpowicz, Eric W. Stephenson, Marshall Svendsen [with his pet Ziggy] and Asli Uludag.

 

My friend, Lynn Becker and me were there for documentation and fun!!

Here Lynn Becker's article with some very cool videos.. click here..

 

Documentation of the Installation of  monumental sculpture

"Chicago Industrial" by Marshall Svendsen.

A 21-image photo-gallery, out of the more than 300 images taken..

 

 

 

 

Chicago Industrial - by Marshall Svendsen

 

It's for the 23rd International Sculpture Conference to be held in Chicago, in October 2012.
It's one of the 53 outdoor sculptural installations between Museum Campus and Belmont Harbor, along the Lakefront and in Lincoln Park. I have dividing the coverage into four parts..

Part I: Grant Park [along the Lakefront] .. click here..

Part II: Lincoln Park .. click here..
Part III: Lincoln Park.. click here..
Part IV: Diversey Harbor & Belmont Harbor.. click here..

Other installation for the 23rd International Conference includes..
- "Form in Flora", at Lincoln Park Conservatory
- "The Installation Experiment" at Pilsen
- "Six to the Third" at Expo Chicago, Navy Pier
You will see them all here! i just need some time...

 

Coming back to the Installation of  "Chicago Industrial" by Marshall Svendsen..

Location: Diversey Harbor

Date: September 19, 2012

The eagle arrives at the Diversey Harbor.

 

The eagle arrives at the  designated spot at Diversey Harbor.

 

Lifting the eagle from the truck to land on the ground.

 

Lifting the eagle from the truck to land on the ground.

 

 

 

 

 

The eagle rests, while the team prepares to assemble the base for the eagle perch.

 

 

The eagle rests, while the team prepares to assemble the base for the eagle perch.

 

 

 

Assembling the base, while the eagle rests in the backdrop

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Assembling the base, while the eagle rests in the backdrop..

 

 

The base looks almost ready!

 

 

 

Putting the base at the exact location..

 

 

 

 

Time to lift the eagle again, to attach to it's base,

where it will be seen as a perched eagle, on the just assembled base.

 

 

 

Time to lift the eagle again, to attach to it's base,

where it will be seen as a perched eagle.

 

 

 

Attaching eagle to the base..

 

 

 

 

 

Time to remove the straps..

 

 

 

Looks like all's done!

 

 

 

One last inspection, before it's time to step done!

 

 

 

Done!  Marshall with Ziggy.

 

One Bonus Image! Because I love it!!!!

 

RELATED LINKS..

 The 23rd International Sculpture Conference to be held in Chicago, in October 2012.
There are 53 outdoor sculptural installations between Museum Campus and Belmont Harbor, along the Lakefront and in Lincoln Park. I have dividing the coverage into four parts..

Part I: Grant Park [along the Lakefront] .. click here..

Part II: Lincoln Park .. click here..
Part III: Lincoln Park.. click here..
Part IV: Diversey Harbor & Belmont Harbor.. click here..