Day 1 – Light Dodger Installation
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Sculptor Tj Aitken and crew begins installation of 20-ft Light Dodger sculpture at Bainbridge Shady Grove Apartments in Rockville. The sculpture was delivered on a flatbed truck early this morning. Parking spaces and a lane of King Farm Blvd was blocked off to make room for the massive crane. The sculpture pieces were then hoisted […]
“Light Dodger” Installation
PRESS RELEASE – “Light Dodger” Monumental Sculpture install August 4-7th (click image to enlarge)
The sculpture will be delivered in sections on a flatbed truck early on August 4th. Parking spaces and a lane of the street will be blocked off to make room for a construction crane. The sculpture pieces will then be hoisted by crane up and over the trees to the foundation pads.
Placement and assembly of the large pieces will be done with the crane. Scaffolding will then go up for the glass components. This will take all day on the 4th. The Hemi Piston Street Lamps will be installed along the walkway on day 2 in addition to sidewalk etching of the Dodge gasket patterns.
Levitating the big mothership for loading
The Story of “Light Dodger”
Here is a video about the creation of the Light Dodger sculpture narrated by the artist, Tj Aitken. The sculpture is slated to be installed in 2015 at Bainbridge Shady Grove Metro Apartments at the entrance to the Shady Grove Metro Station. The site also will also include Tj’s “Hemi Piston Street Lamps”. It will be seen by thousands of commuters taking the Red Line from the Shady Grove Metro Station to Bethesda, Maryland and D.C. Center.
It is a part of a project that will commemorate the history of Reed Brothers Dodge.
Update: Light Dodger Sculpture
Here are some shots of the Light Dodger sculpture fully assembled with all of the glass and lamps. The sculpture is slated to be installed in 2015 at Bainbridge Shady Grove Apartments at the entrance to the Shady Grove Metro Station. It is a part of a project that will commemorate the history of Reed Brothers Dodge.
Update: “Light Dodger” Sculpture Project by Tj Aitken
“Light Dodger” is close to completion. Here are shots from the lighting tests. The large glass pieces should go in next week (shown with surrogate panels). For scale, note Sculptor, Tj Aitken’s face in the smaller opening!
Street Hemi Lamps are complete and ready to go to the east coast for installation. The lamps are 8 feet high with concrete cam bases case with a custom formula that should not be taken for granite. The rods are powder coated steel. The aluminum clad, 1/2 inch thick, glass globes on top have been re-purposed from an old manufacturing facility. A row of these will grace the promenade near the Light Dodger sculpture. This grouping of 6 is 18ft x 4ft x 8ft high.
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