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an assent of polymen
the YAC gallery staff were fine with us installing the ramps on the sides of their plinths!
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.JPG "during installation - this piece's configuration changed several times"){kind=small}
.JPG "the original concept of having the polymen laid out on a flat plinth was modified when the gallery produced various heights of plinths and some mini-plinths"){kind=small}
.JPG "we soon started to envison the \"assent\" ascending up various levels via ramps and bridges. we then also considered a ramp around the outside of the plinth with the polymen coming from a \"doorway\" out of the plinth. here we are using a 30 degree angle ramp (wood coloured) that turned out to be too steep and we played around with an idea to have the polymen drop off the top into a pile - lemming style..."){kind=small}
.JPG "with a bit more thought - we moved the portal futher around the plinth with ramps on 3 sides of the tallest one, we also modified the ramp angle and moved on from a lemming type ending for these little guys"){kind=small}
.JPG "wrap around ramps and landings installed and painted. lower angle ramps were made and painted gallery white"){kind=small}
.JPG "painting the ramps which Darren made to match the height of the mini-plinths"){kind=small}
.JPG "final layout of the top levels with mini-plinths, ramps and bridges"){kind=small}
.JPG "using one of the disks from \"playing in the rainbow\" we formulated and idea of the polymen disappearing into a well or portal..."){kind=small}
.JPG "here is the final version of the exit portal"){kind=small}