elevator <—– click here to view film.
On Friday March 11, Jeff Gibson brought his Art Theory class to the studio of photographer Paul Mpagi Sepuya at the Studio Museum in Harlem. Prior to the artist talk, the following event took place:
(Missing highlight: Dan Rosen, “Guys, I don’t know how much air there is in here.”)
No don’t press the alarm
No no no no no! don’t don’t ring the alarm!
Why! We’re stuck
Don’t ring the alarm
How do you know we’re stuck?
Why?
Because the alarm means the fire department will come
No, the alarm just rings a bell
Just call somebody down stairs
But then we’re gonna be in this purgatory of our own making with the noise
It just rings!
Does anyone know jeff’s phone number?
Guys lets just-
Are there too many people in this eleveator?
Guys! Shhh, shhhh Let’s just try jeff’s number first
I’m calling jeff Gibson?
1800
Why don’t we just ring the alarm?
No!
Why?
we’re not calling the fire department
it’s just a bell!
why don’t we just call someone?
It just goes dingggg
Are you recording this?
So annoying!
For the blog everyone
Just everyone calm, calm down!
It’s getting a little warm
Then calm down
I’m sitting
Alright guys
Does anyone?
Ughhhh
Does anyone?
Are we are we more than 800 pounds?
It’s 18 hundred
Probably
It’s definitely not more than 18
18!
We’re definitely more than 8 hundred pounds
we’re not a thousand, we’re-
speak for yourself
*knocking
hi, we’re stuck
push the stop button, push the stop button, stop button!
stop button!
Pull or push?
Pull
What are we doin?
Alright
Guys, I don’t even know we gotta just like….
He’s just gonna open it
This is so silly
Of course this would happen
Something about installing buttons?
Alright uhhhhhh?
Like the door?
I’m pushing and it’s not working