Collecting Lamps
June 12th, 2008As I mentioned last week, we officially started collecting lamps at our film event last Thursday. Here’s a little more background info on that project:
For the next few weeks, we’re asking members of the St. Louis community to donate their old lamps, lampshades, lanterns, etc. to be a part of an outdoor light installation opening in September. The artists Sebastian Hungerer and Rainer Kehres will be taking these lamps and re-creating the roof of the Spring Ave. church in Grand Center – which burned in 2001. Here’s a Photoshopped document they created of what the installed work will look like:
We’re trying to collect around 500, so Trina and Jenny, our Community Engagement interns for the summer, have been working hard all week – going to different neighborhood associations, farmers markets, antique stores, etc. in search for lamp donations. Well yesterday, we hit the jackpot: an antique store donated over 100 lamps! Here’s Trina talking about the windfall:
UPDATE: I almost forgot: We have a section online where we’ll be documenting the collection process, the stories behind donated lamps and their owners, upcoming lamp collection events, and overall updates on the project. It’s at lamp-collection.pulitzerarts.org
