Nov 09 - Dr. Baron Mikheil von Burstein, esq. - Installing the BART Swings: Making the Horse Drink...

How to Make This:

First, Build a Swing

Second, Getting It on BART

Second, Getting It on BART

• Wrong Question

Doing This is Easy

Doing This is Not That Hard

This…

And This Is Much Harder

Why?

– If something is presented as “ART” then it is there to be observed by people who are looking at a piece of art

- LIKEWISE -

– If something outside of one’s daily experience happens, people generally will not intervene, but rather ignore it, or stop and stare.

There Will Always Be This Guy

To Minimize Those Guys, You Must Consider


– Installing the damn swings



– Making sure no one gets arrested



– Making sure no one gets arrested

– Making sure that people play with them

A Note on Documentation


– For eight years, I refused to document stuff because I thought that it took away from the present.



– And then, I was copycatted.



– And then, I was copycatted. – To make more of your art, you must show the

world your art.



– And then, I was copycatted. – To make more of your art, you must show the

world your art.– And, of course, how to do it.

How to Physically Install the Swing

Bonus Points:

Bonus Points:

• The Kennedy Maneuver

Bonus Points:

• The Kennedy Maneuver–“you put the loops of rope around the bar on either

side of the t-support where it attaches to the ceiling it reduces risk of sliding around and assures perfect lateral placement.”

The Rest Will Be Via Diagram


• How to Make Sure That No One Gets Arrested?



– Install them and get the fuck out



– Install them and get the fuck out• How to Make Sure that People Play with

Them?




Them?– Break the ice with shills





• Documentation





• Documentation – Have some of the shills take photos of, at least,

your shills playing on them

Your Basic BART Car

At Glenn Park, the Shills Got on

At 24th St., the Installation Team Got on

When the train slows down, the installation team installs

When the train slows down, the installation team installs

And GTFO

Then, Some Acting

Then, Some Acting

– Then the shills pointed in joy, and swung with laughter.

Then, Some Acting


– Then they got off so other could try

Then, Some Acting


– Then they got off so other could try– And they did

Then, Some Acting


– Then they got off so other could try– And they did– And it was good.

Ta Da!

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