Final Passage – 2011

“Final Passage” a sculpture with the elements (summary)

Final Passage

Connecting all forms of creation evolved and inspired with the elements
that gave them food, energy and faith. It is symbolic
of the beginning to life lived and renewal.

Imagine the Tree of Life meets the River Styx standing brilliantly in the desert shimmering with 5 branches, each holding a brilliant light surrounded by sparkling leaves. Standing tall, this beautiful monochromatic tree will shimmer in the glowing light. By day with the ambient sun and at night with beautiful white angelic light.

Well, in the end I got what budget allowed me to deliver and I wanted badly to give exactly what I planned for. I still feel I can still get the chance to do what I want now that I am hopefully wiser in my approach to future projects. Considering the experience of the build was the greatest reward in the end. I also learned to manage materials, money and time more effectively.

I received about $2K for this project and it is a shame to see it not get to the full potential of the original concept. Getting donations was an absolute struggle.

Thanks to one particular benefactor who threw in 25% of the total funding I was able to do as much as I did. However, I think in the future I can be smarter in my approach and very well may resurrect this project once more. Also thanks to Nytronix.Com Dance Troupe for their support and fundraising in Las Vegas and the 200 person celebration at Burning Man at the art piece.

There were four incarnations of the project in the span of it before any metal was put into place. I used galvanized steel and rivets instead of the originally intended welding and regular steel. I substituted propane feeds with compressed air to create tornadoes in pyrex tubes for solar lighting.

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1. So… a one way mirror perhaps? So you can see the light from the darkness, but not the other way around?

   

   Chromie

   13 Sep 10 at 4:33 am

    

2. [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Marissa Krupa, Scott aka Toaster. Scott aka Toaster said: @foohaiku just to show you, inspired for burning man project next yr (1 of 3) http://bit.ly/cU1kk2 so excited [...]

   

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   13 Sep 10 at 8:30 pm

    

3. Well, the mirror, as you can see in the top view, cuts the boat in half. It will be pretty monochromatic using metallics in the construction, but the back side of the mirror will be another mirror and a full color scene on the other side with flowers and green grass as it were, but just in that section.

   

   Scott

   13 Sep 10 at 9:13 pm

    

4. On Monday the 18th the production team and the P.R. team will be gathering at a meeting at 5pm. This is the first time the two teams will be gathering as the process has been very separate. It’s also a great chance to synch that energy which is awesome.

   

   Scott

   16 Apr 11 at 4:51 pm

    

5. Hey Will…. it was good talking to you on the phone this week. I hope I was able to clear things up. In fact, with me moving to San Francisco soon, you should be able to see first hand the scope of the project and how amazing it will be. Thank you for following the project.

   

   Scott

   12 May 11 at 7:29 pm

    

6. [...] I did “Final Passage” which was a piece that was designed to combine The Tree of Life and The River Styx. If not [...]

   

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