Jim Mason
San Francisco, CA
jimmason .(at). whatiamupto .(dot). com
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ART AND TECHNOLOGY
A large-scale, interactive sculpture exploring the bio-immitative nature of our synthetic "metabolic machines" and their related hydrocarbon based fuels/foods.
The
Shipyard
The Shipyard is a collaborative build space for large-scale mechanical,
kinetic and electronic artwork. It is a 11,000 sq ft lot ringed with 30
sea going shipping containers converted into shops and studios.
A permanent outdoor sculpture garden of New Guinea art at Stanford University, create on-location in 1994 by 11 artists from PNG.
Temporal
Decomposition
57,000 lb sundial made of ice in the Nevada desert. Frozen on-location
in 1997 for Burning Man.
Really big flamethowers.
G-7
Stock Puppets:
An Internet driven kinetic sculpture that tracks global stock markets
with sever larger-than-life marionette puppets.
Pedal powered tractor, boring tool and Margarita maker, accessorized with a 220' flamethower.
An Internet-orchestrated global Land Art project.
Art and geology at Stanford University to "trace" ancient watershed in the Great Basin.
Sundial in Barrow, Alaska that tracks the migration of the Arctic Tern from the Arctic to Antarctica
- Making Burning Man about the ART again.
- More Woo Woo for your Hoo Ha.
- Lock n' Load for the Art Duel.
INTERMODAL
POWER TRIO
Three shipping containers. Bass,
Guitar, and Drums. 50 foot long steel cables for strings. Plucked with
hammers, drills, and "bows". Steel pipes as slides. Open tunings.
Mic the box. Three chord Ramones songs only.
V-8
Blender
Margarita maker for discerning drinkers.
Desert
Forest:
Two mile long minimalist landscape of steel sculpted trees in the Black
Rock Desert dry lake.
