Excerpts from a conversation between Robert Barry and Lance Fung, May 12, 2003
LF: How have you found the collaborative process?
RB: I'm just going along with what the architects are doing. But I do like making art via phone, fax, and e-mail.
LF: Is the snow and ice affecting your design?
RB: Only in that my first ideas about presenting the words in the ice structure were not practical: video projections and using a thin vinyl material that could light up. Now I don't really know what the words will look like. I'm just following the advice of my three architects.
Excerpts from a conversation between Robert Barry and Lance Fung, May 12, 2003
LF: How have you found the collaborative process?
RB: I'm just going along with what the architects are doing. But I do like making art via phone, fax, and e-mail.
LF: Is the snow and ice affecting your design?
RB: Only in that my first ideas about presenting the words in the ice structure were not practical: video projections and using a thin vinyl material that could light up. Now I don't really know what the words will look like. I'm just following the advice of my three architects.
LF: Why did you agree to participate?
RB: Personally, because I like you. You asked me. I always feel honored when someone asks me to make something for them and is willing to support the project. It's a great trust on their part and responsibility on mine. Also, I'm always looking for some different way or situation in which I can work and make art. It helps to keep things interesting. Sometimes making art can be very boring. And, I like art about time and change. The fact is, that when the sun finally does show itself, after all of our work, everything will melt away.
