The Wooden Stairs

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The Wooden Stairs, Installation studies in collaboration with the students of Head Royce Lower School, Oakland, CA, 2003.

Materials: Styrofoam, paper, acrylic medium, paint, nylon, plastic, dirt, tape and tacks.

Dimensions: 10' x 76" x76" .

 

More photos of the students installing to come

Students composed the text in this installation which explored emotional ups and downs as experienced by 4th graders:

Excerpt of text for the blue floating columns

Excerpt of text for the gray standing columns

 

Excerpt of text for the blue floating columns

When the giants went to the world series
I hit a homerun
One thing that makes me happy on a daily basis is my birthday
My friend chloe
One of my best friends gave me two free rock climbing passes instead of throwing them away
I got my other best friend for two days all to myself
My cat and my dog
Writing
I felt very proud of myself when i got mvs in swiming
Our team got second in a swim meet
Waking up on saturdays because it is the weekend
I hit a grandslam and a three run homer in kickball
Spending time with my family on holidays
The first time i played on the new big toy
My sister was born
I got my first guinea pig
I got my first duck
I got to level 'f' in kumon
I moved up to level 'e' in kumon
I moved up to level 5 in gymnastics
I moved up to level 'd' in kumon
I got my highest score on the balance beam
Playing soccer makes me happy
Rock climbing makes me happy
I am happy when i get hugs
I am happy when i am reading
I am happy when i go to baseball games
Going to amusement parks
One happy thing was when the giants got to the world series
Another was when i won our championship baseball game by striking outthe last batter

 

Excerpt of text for the gray standing columns

My baseball team lost in the playoffs
My grandmother died of aids, she was 53
My grandpa died
My mom called saying that the world trade centers were being blown up
My best friend moved to eureka
I go back to north carolina
My grandma's recovery from her knee surgery
My cat died
My pet fish who was at least two and was one of my favorite pets died
My dog died
I went to my tenth birthday i went to the scottish games and festivals but they didn't have any games.
My guinea pig died
One of my ducks died
I got my tooth pulled
My uncle ken died
My parents got divorced
My doggie goes away to doggie boot camp
My dad got his finger stuck in the car door
My grandma died

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5/30/2008