Focus on art: Dan Havel, Dean Ruck
Dan Havel and Dean Ruck scultpurally altered two buildings in the Montrose neighbourhood of Houston, Texas.
Here’s an excerpt from the art league press release, written before the project started:
Havel and Ruck will create a large funnel-like vortex beginning from the west wall adjacent to Montrose Blvd. The exterior skin of the houses will be peeled off and used to create the narrowing spiral as it progresses eastward through the small central hallway connecting the two buildings and exiting through a small hole into an adjacent courtyard.
For anyone wishing to view the installation, you’re out of luck. It’s been demolished. Hopefully these pictures are a small consolation.
Thanks to Aaron Tang at Design Verb for showcasing this installation.
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Ouch,
I’d seen that, didn’t realize it had been destructed though.
WOW! that is so cool! I can’t believe it’s real, It looks like computer made images.
The artists knew it was to be demolished a few months after the installation. I don’t think they would’ve been able to create it otherwise.
How coincidental that the 2nd comment is from OUCH, and it looks like you’re addressing them in your comment.
Ouch,
I thought one or two of the images were computer-generated too, mainly the 4th from top showing the man walking into the tunnel.
Very nice, but I’m not sure I’d want it in my back yard.
Crazy. I like to create things, but I think it would be difficult for me to spend so much time on something that was just going to be gone in a few days.
I am sure that would bring life to any suburban wall.
The time and desire behind this is admirable and I would like to take my hat of and say WOW.
The world is full of strange people and that’s why the world is a wonderful place.
Keep up the inspiration
Love Jasmine xxxx
Thats pretty crazy. Actually I’m a little surprised that it was demolished - I thought it could’ve been one of those novelty tourist attractions that America seems so fond of.
Randa,
It’d be tough for me too. Reminds me of Julian Beever and his chalk drawings that get washed away by the rain.
Jasmine,
Thanks for stopping by.
Hey Damien,
It’s a shame it was demolished, but like I said, if the buildings weren’t scheduled to be torn down then this project wouldn’t have gone ahead in the first place.
Whoa! That is sweet! Looks like that took awhile to do. Too bad it’s demolished.
Classic! Nice tunnell.
I love looking at that. It’s incredible.
I just hope those guys don’t try it out on my house.
Well, it’s ashame to have art destroyed/demolished. But at least we got to see it. Just like firework, they are gone in a few minutes but we remembered them for a long long time. I blessed myself for being able to admire the artistic creation of Havel and Ruck here.
What a great piece of public art! I love it. It would make a great installation in a park or outside a gallery. I’m so glad you’ve got a few pictures, I hope the artists took lots more.
cheers - TrishA
AMAZING!!
At first glance at the pictures I thought it was 2D. I could not imagine how it was 3D. I wish I could have seen it.
That is awesome, it has to be so trippy to look into it and get a black hole effect.
That is so cool…must be a bit weird for the neighbors..
Creativity breeds the most outlandish, fun, inspirations one can conceive of.
At first glance I thought it was painted on the wall. But woah. This is amazing.
I agree that it is a shame it’s demolished, but you’re right - at least we can take a look through photos.
Richard, Sujan,
At first I thought it was 2D aswell! Then I looked through the rest of the images.