project one - The First Piece of Art for/from the Moon, 1970 - 1972
Our project, The First Piece of Art for/from the Moon, a three-venue exhibition, required cooperation between three major US museums. Each museum would display simultaneously an eight foot square clear acrylic chamber. Five hundred and eighty eight 18 karat gold plated wood bricks would travel from one institution to the next for viewing in each of the respective cubes. During the exhibition only one museum would hold the bricks at any given time. The museums in New York City, Philadelphia and Los Angeles were not receptive. MOMA even going so far as to send to us a formal letter advising us to "...leave the moon alone."
image - prototype for The First Piece of Art for/from the Moon 1970, prototype for 588, 18 karat gold plated wood bricks each 9" x 2.5" x 1.5"
Kocot and Hatton
project two - The Life Size Photograph of the Empire State Building, 1970 -
The completion and installation of a life-size photograph of the Empire State Building was envisioned for the 1976 United States Bicentennial. Although the photographic construction became achievable, in thanks to NASA's technical success mapping the moon's surface, the architectural feasibility was more problematic. Conceptually, New York City would have functioned as an art gallery. The Empire State Building reflecting upon itself.
image - study for a Life Size Photograph of the Empire State Building 1970, 8 1/4" x 5 1/4", Xerox (unique) on silver base paper
Kocot and Hatton
project one - The First Piece of Art for/from the Moon, 1970 - 1972
Our project, The First Piece of Art for/from the Moon, a three-venue exhibition, required cooperation between three major US museums. Each museum would display simultaneously an eight foot square clear acrylic chamber. Five hundred and eighty eight 18 karat gold plated wood bricks would travel from one institution to the next for viewing in each of the respective cubes. During the exhibition only one museum would hold the bricks at any given time. The museums in New York City, Philadelphia and Los Angeles were not receptive. MOMA even going so far as to send to us a formal letter advising us to "...leave the moon alone."
image - prototype for The First Piece of Art for/from the Moon 1970, prototype for 588, 18 karat gold plated wood bricks each 9" x 2.5" x 1.5"
Kocot and Hatton
project two - The Life Size Photograph of the Empire State Building, 1970 -
The completion and installation of a life-size photograph of the Empire State Building was envisioned for the 1976 United States Bicentennial. Although the photographic construction became achievable, in thanks to NASA's technical success mapping the moon's surface, the architectural feasibility was more problematic. Conceptually, New York City would have functioned as an art gallery. The Empire State Building reflecting upon itself.
image - study for a Life Size Photograph of the Empire State Building 1970, 8 1/4" x 5 1/4", Xerox (unique) on silver base paper
Kocot and Hatton