I mostly work in digital media, so I encountered a novel challenge this new year's week when I had to transport my 60" x 60" surrealist painting (which also weighs about 20 pounds) from the studio to its new home. Seeing at this painting is just about my height, I enlisted Danny's help in moving it. (More photos of the painting, entitled Kismet, coming later)
We had originally planned to take it on the T, knowing very well that we would be objects of disdain in a crowded train. When we went out to dinner and explained our plan to friends, they suggested that we rent a van instead (thanks Ta-Wei and Erica!).
Moving the painting in a big van was less painful than taking it on the T, but it was certainly more challenging that transporting video files. The physicality of a painting (paint, canvas, wood) and its presence in a specific place complicates the transport of a painting.
The heaviest things used to transport video are a hard drive and perhaps a laptop. Video files are also often moved over networks and the internet. Of course, there's the issue of film/video production equipment. However, pieces of equipment are smaller and more easily packed than a relatively fragile 5' x 5' painting.
While transporting painting is (usually) a more involved process than transporting video files, exhibition of painting vs. video is certainly another story, which I'll address in another post.
We had originally planned to take it on the T, knowing very well that we would be objects of disdain in a crowded train. When we went out to dinner and explained our plan to friends, they suggested that we rent a van instead (thanks Ta-Wei and Erica!).
While transporting painting is (usually) a more involved process than transporting video files, exhibition of painting vs. video is certainly another story, which I'll address in another post.
