The Nautilus submarine from Oakland North on Vimeo. Deep in West Oakland, a collective of artists called Five Ton Crane (5TC) is hard at work tuning up their submarine. Although it doesn’t go underwater, there seems to be little else this lifesize vessel can’t do—it even defends its perimeters with a water spear gun and [...]
I gave a talk about Five Ton Crane and collaborative large-scale art at Landor and Associates on November 3rd 2011. For those of you who couldn’t attend, here’s a teaser video created by Michael Friel that we previewed at the event.
Look beyond the jogger at the very beginning of the commercial as he’s running down the Embarcadero in San Francisco…
Artist Sean Orlando says that one of the primary benefits of his ultrahip tree house is “you can see your enemies coming from a mile away.” Designed in 2007 as an art installation for the Burning Man festival in Black Rock City, Nev., the home and 40-foot metal tree it sits in were created almost [...]
SF Photoblog post by Scott Hess I’m walking along the waterfront and the energy is powerful, fresh and uplifting. The images and happenings flowing by me now feel like the whole world is lifting off in joyous flight. The Raygun Gothic Rocketship from the 2009 Burning Man festival has landed in a prime spot near [...]
See the full post on the official SF Gov Site San Francisco, CA—Mayor Gavin Newsom today joined the Black Rock Arts Foundation (BRAF) and the Port of San Francisco to celebrate the unveiling of Raygun Gothic Rocketship, a 40-foot-tall sculpture created by a team of Bay Area artists lead by Sean Orlando, Nathaniel Taylor, and [...]
Tuesday, August 10, 2010 Back to the Future with Raygun Gothic Rocketship Next door to the Amtrak train station on the San Francisco waterfront, a 40-foot retro rocket sculpture has been created by Five Ton Crane, a group of Burning Man associated artists for a year-long installation, and it’s stunningly playful. The artists Sean Orlando, [...]
San Francisco, August 6, 2010 – The Black Rock Arts Foundation (BRAF) and the Port of San Francisco will celebrate the opening on August 6th at 3:00 PM at Pier 14, of an iconic, large-scale sculpture created by a team of Bay Area artists lead by Sean Orlando, Nathaniel Taylor, and David Shulman. This 40-foot-tall artwork, the [...]
I did a long interview with KRON 4 at Makers Faire about the RGR project, that was consequently edited into a short interview. Regardless, check out this great segment featuring some amazingly talented artists and inventors, including the Mousetrap and Orion Fredericks. KRON 4 Interview at Makers Faire 2010
