Slice of life
by Rob Fisher
at Astra Zeneca HQ,
Wilmington, DE August 2002
Collaborating with the contractors was very instrumental to the success of the project. Our Project Supervisor met with the drop ceiling team early in the process. Subsequently, a complete grid of hanging cables were hung well in advance of the sculpture installation.
From the second floor balcony, Methods & Materials, Inc. projected a transit laser and created a “cell plane” to guide the work. A grid-hanging crew formed and attached bead chain at pre-determined points on the grid. Two other crew members on the scissor lift attached each cell at four points. The position of attachment was defined by an audio signal from a handheld sensor placed in the plane of the laser. The two crews moved together across the space from the point furthest from the laser
Each cell was delivered to the site properly marked and numbered. Rob Fisher, the artist, worked from the plan, passing the cells to be attached. It took a four-person crew two weeks to install this remarkable sculpture.