Comments on: “Heavy” at St. Joseph’s Church

By: Photo This » 2011 Restoration Festival

Photo This » 2011 Restoration Festival — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 22:07:38 +0000

[...] Press, via the RestFest website). You can see some great views of the interior architecture from Sebastien’s coverage of Heavy, an arts fundraiser last year. It’s easy to see why this is a monument worth [...]

By: Sebastien

Sebastien — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:18:47 +0000

Thanks Chris. Contact me if you need the high-res photos.

By: Chris Harvey

Chris Harvey — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:12:19 +0000

hey guys thanks for the great coverage !
nice pix. fyi, the skulls collectively are titled:
MORTUI VIVOS DOCENT
(the dead teach the living)
cheers!

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:29:25 +0000

update: the graveyard installation was a collaberative effort of NYC street artist CAKE and Patrick Seeley.

FYI: I unfortunately did not write the names of any pieces down, so the rough descriptions were my own. (Besides “Big Oil” and “Musical Chairs” which I remembered.) My intent was not to rename pieces, simply to help identify the artist (in the event that someone does know the proper names).

By: Sebastien

Sebastien — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:38:32 +0000

Thanks a lot Brian, I updated most captions!

By: Recap of Heavy Art Event at St. Joseph's in Albany, NY | Matthew Carefully

Recap of Heavy Art Event at St. Joseph's in Albany, NY | Matthew Carefully — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:43:12 +0000

[...] Pal Sébastien Barré covered all kinds of bases with this blog post and photo set from HEAVY. [...]

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:32:41 +0000

Nice shots! I had to rely on a woefully inadequate point-and-shoot. The sheer size of the space, the installations and lighting (sometimes lack thereof) does make capturing the true magnitude of the show difficult.

(Roughly in order of your thumbnails above – from what I recall)
The 30ft tall 4-side pyramid – Samson Contompasis.
Neon-glow skulls – Chris Harvey.
Vines with Metalworking – Matt Hart.
Twisted metal cables entitled “Big Oil” – Dan Killion.
Hand-crank organ called “Musical Chairs” – Peter Leue.
Golden head on the scale – Megan VanAlystine.
Firefly room (spray paint stencils) – Dwell & oneUnit.
36ft praying figure on top of a bible creature at the alter – Radical!.
Chained woman figure – Alexander Contompasis.
Illuminated sculptures – Sarah Haze.
Rose paintings – Gutman.
Graveyard – CAKE.
Tower of media – Deacon Czar.
Head-shaped “Love” Hut – Scott Michael Ackerman.
Interactive Orb – Peter Edwards of Casper Electronics.
Sale Display & cupcakes – Angela Washko.
DJs (from Left to Right) – Dwell, Truemastr, OFI.
Hope this helps.

By: Sebastien

Sebastien — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:50:45 +0000

Haha thanks. From that site where the guy yelled at the cops to stop me, I salvaged only one shot. But the two other sites were great. I’m processing as fast as I can, but I take so many photos, ugh.

By: Go Phish

Go Phish — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:54:00 +0000

Great pics, but… I’m still waiting to see the results of your trip last week where the cops were called ;-) (Twitter cliffhanger!)

By: Nippertown!

Nippertown! — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:03:21 +0000

[...] Photographs by Sebastien B, and you can see more of his Heavy photos here. [...]