{"id":2752,"date":"2008-10-12T16:41:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-12T16:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foxtongue.com\/dreampepper\/2008\/10\/12\/artpost-how-awesome-is-that\/"},"modified":"2008-10-12T16:41:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-12T16:41:00","slug":"artpost-how-awesome-is-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foxtongue.com\/dreampepper\/2008\/10\/12\/artpost-how-awesome-is-that\/","title":{"rendered":"artpost: how awesome is that?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I adore my in-box. This just came in from a sculptor friend of mine, Chris Hausbeck:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/chauss513\/2930546668\/\" title=\"046 by CHAUSS513, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3135\/2930546668_0d1aa367d2.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"046\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>This coming Saturday, October 18th my assistant Dawn Exton and I will introduce the massive mechanical sculpture &#8216;Inside Hausbeck&#8217;s Head-Keeshen Delight No.9&#8217;. <\/p>\n<p>All are invited to join us starting at 5:00 until 10:00 for a reception and close viewing of the mechanism.<\/p>\n<p><b>This  mechanism will propel a 500 lb. clown head to a height of 50 feet out of the top of a 150 year old grain silo on the grounds of Wild Bill&#8217;s Nostalgia on rt. 3 in middletown, ct.<\/b> (<a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?hl=en&#038;um=1&#038;ie=UTF-8&#038;q=1003+Newfield+St+Middletown,+CT+06457&#038;fb=1&#038;geocode=15766171050444226114,41.586678,-72.673981&#038;oi=manybox&#038;ct=14&#038;cd=1&#038;resnum=2\">map<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p> We have constructed a giant 1200 lb. device, counter weighted with a twisted ball of steel, bone, glass, wood and implements of destruction rising and falling twelve feet through the floors.<\/p>\n<p> Attached are some images and a more complete story <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/chauss513\/sets\/72157606942320760\/\">in my flickr set<\/a>.<br \/>\n<center><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/chauss513\/2930495888\/\" title=\"install day 097 by CHAUSS513, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3192\/2930495888_4de503587d_m.jpg\" alt=\"install day 097\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/chauss513\/2863587207\/in\/set-72157606942320760\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3142\/2863587207_04736d74fa_m.jpg\"><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/center><br \/>\n I sincerely hope all will be able to join us for this monumental event and help celebrate this amazing sculpture.<\/p>\n<p>Cheers, Chris Hausbeck<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"CLEAR: both\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I adore my in-box. This just came in from a sculptor friend of mine, Chris Hausbeck: This coming Saturday, October 18th my assistant Dawn Exton and I will introduce the massive mechanical sculpture &#8216;Inside Hausbeck&#8217;s Head-Keeshen Delight No.9&#8217;. All are invited to join us starting at 5:00 until 10:00 for a reception and close viewing &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/foxtongue.com\/dreampepper\/2008\/10\/12\/artpost-how-awesome-is-that\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;artpost: how awesome is that?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[40,157,553],"class_list":["post-2752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-art","tag-friends","tag-sculpture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foxtongue.com\/dreampepper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foxtongue.com\/dreampepper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foxtongue.com\/dreampepper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foxtongue.com\/dreampepper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foxtongue.com\/dreampepper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foxtongue.com\/dreampepper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2752\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foxtongue.com\/dreampepper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foxtongue.com\/dreampepper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foxtongue.com\/dreampepper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}