This video was submitted to Bernhardt Laboratories by one of our interns in the video laboratory. It was made clear to us at the time that the submission was precursory in nature, but we were interested enough in its simplicity to share it here.
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Spin
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08
Measuring MoMA
Bernhardt Laboratories will soon be working on a new project at the Museum of Modern Art. The project is called “Measuring MoMA” and indicates just that: the installation crew of Bernhardt Laboratories will be measuring the floor space, wall dimensions, and various ceiling heights of the atrium at MoMA in preparation for our installation (pending). At this time the work is in Design Phase 1, as the Laboratories have yet to secure a warehouse space locally which will accommodate the built structures that will eventually inhabit the MoMA atrium. For now, these structures will exist as proposals until such time as the exact dimensions can be delivered to us. We are now engaged in Rehearsal Phase 1 as we prepare drawings for proposed built structures. The preparatory drawings will likely be a major component of the installation, giving evidence of the various stages of production and contrasting the end result or final phase of design.
These “do its”, a borrowed idea, represent our potential projects and are directions for making our work. Some of these we have done, others we are working on.
1. Wait for someone to fall down. Resist the temptation to watch them get up, and suppress any desire to laugh. Do this to spare them their own embarrassment.
2. Ride a bicycle to the top of the highest road in your county.
3. Make a machine to make your work for you.
4. Make a series of objects or drawings of objects that act as something else.
5. Eat a meal. Save your napkin and everything you wiped from your face and pin it to the wall.
6. Burn this message (you may have to print it out first). Put the scraps in a small container and forget where you put it.
7. Imagine what painful consequences could occur from improper use of your home appliances. Write down the most terrifying one.
8. Make a guide for how to put on an item of clothing. Invent something to make this process easier.
9. We are not ready to tell you about this one yet.
22
Jan
08
Industrial Complex Project
Investigate the rental of a 75,000 square foot facility for the creative project output of Bernhardt Laboratories. Determine cost of facility outright and weigh against monthly and yearly rental. Determine cost of maintenance and upkeep including maintenance crew salaries. Determine the number of laboratories needed to realize the full scope of production for Bernhardt Laboratories’ pursuits. Determine square footage needed for each lab and for work crews. Determine the appropriate number of employees for hire to run each lab. Determine cost to retrofit the complex to suit the needs of the various laboratories with respect to their location and access to water, ventilation and shop tools for each trade.
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Jan
08
Theatric Application
With this project Bernhardt Laboratories intends to create drawings and plans of attainable and unattainable set pieces for installation and theatrical purposes. Our first project will be a wave machine. As per the purpose of Bernhardt Laboratories, the drawing for this proposal and those like it will be considered finished works in drawn form as well as plans for realizing a practical application of the proposed idea.
This image represents an early attempt by Bernhardt Laboratories to test the collaborative efforts of several of our workshops. The painting and sculpture laboratories developed this project with expert execution by the installation crew. For an early draft, we are pleased with the results and the potential for future projects.
Bernhardt Laboratories would like to kick start this compendium with a brief review of early projects. From February, 2007: One Nightstand in Albuquerque, N.M. This was a joint venture between the painting laboratory and the collaborative project crew. We worked with the BRC on this one (Big Rock Cult) out of Boulder, CO. From October, 2007: The TOAST show in the Sibell Wolle Fine Arts building at the University of Colorado at Boulder. The installation crew worked closely with the sculpture and painting laboratories to create the installation work Here’s To Hoping: A Navigation of Space Between Expectation and Disappointment. Also at this venue the collaborative projects crew worked on a performance piece with Barchael titled, Suck and Drag: A Musical Discourse for Winners. See video of this project and more from Barchael at http://barchael.wordpress.com/.
