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Art Shanty Projects 2007

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Lincoln log cabin

Linclon Log sketch
Linclon Log sketch

Lincoln log cabin | Media List


Statement

Concept: Inside the cabin, visitors will find an apparently inhabited space, with a simple bed, woodstove, shelves and desk. Over the trap-door and hole in the ice, a turn-crank will support a rope that hangs down into the water. Raising the rope with the crank will reveal a bearded skull with a bullet hole in the back. In the background, the low-volume sounds of static will issue constantly from an old transistor radio, occasionally interrupted by the faint sound of a Dixieland jazz version of Yankee Doodle Dandy accompanied by tap-dancing shoes. Sitting on the desk and hanging from the walls, a collection of papers and journals will reveal parts of the story of the cabin’s inhabitant, how he came to possess (so he believes) the skull of Abraham Lincoln and the other objects (located throughout the cabin, to be chosen as writing/construction proceeds) that seem to follow the skull wherever it goes, and his plans to hide the skull until he has finished designing it’s ultimate resting place. A small telescope at the window will add an extra dimension to the story if pointed in the right direction.