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iron ant
06-29-2005, 09:22 AM
My proffesor,Pat Steadman,came up to my studio this weekend.Although I have keept in touch over twenty years,we have not worked together sence we where in Cortona Italy in 85.We are collaborating on a monumental sculpture for the University of Georgia Southern's new phase 111 art department.He is retiring next year,over thirty years at same school,and I will be at twenty full time.We are totally different when it comes to are sculpture,and are styles are night and day.There is also a little thing called budget,which dictates what you can or can't do.We have 28 3"x20'x1/4'' stainless sguare tube.He wants to reresent structure,and I form.I think we will use the 3" to get us up in the air where my forms will be flying high.The sculpture will be 25to 30 tall.The largest sculpture I have built is only 14'x10' so this is new territory for me.I think the most stressfull part is getting the model right ,and approved,then probally actually installing this sculpture in sections on location.I a 1.5 years to do it,they have not broke ground yet.I also have a documentary film maker who wants to document it,but he wants full rights and ownership of the film?I figure at his cost why not,but proffes was not real keen on that.Anybody have this experience before,and how did you resolve it? Eric : :)

JAZ
06-30-2005, 11:54 PM
Congratulations, Ironant, on this project. As far as the filmmaker, giving away all of your rights is not a square deal. Is there any reason that you have to stick to this guy?
JAZ

iron ant
07-01-2005, 08:50 AM
Jazz,I have known this guy for a while,my wife cleans his teeth,she is a hygentist.Anyways, I used to be part of a county art tour sponsered by the council of arts in Georgia,And Chris wanted to use me as one of the artist he was doing a documentary about in the north Georgia mountains.He had a heart attack and the project was 86ed,but years later he is back in the saddle.He was willing to do everything at his expense with his time,travel,equipment,but he wanted to have out right ownership of the film to try and hock to GPTV or educational purposes.At first I though why not,but now I don't know.Dale Chihuliy worked his public tv film so he owned the darn thing,Chihuliy I am not,but he is an expert business man and maybe I should follow his example, and at least have my hand in the cookie jar to speek of.