Known Folks - PLO / Chicago Objects / Martin Puryear
Identifier
F.2005-08-0104
Date Of Production
circa 1979 – 1981
Abstract
Loosely assembled footage documents Chicago’s cityscape, which includes shots of the Chicago Sun-Times Building, the Wrigley Building, the LaSalle Towers Apartments, the Chicago Lakefront Trail, the Emanuel Swedenborg Monument’s base in Lincoln Park, bas-relief panels at the entrance to Chicago City Hall, a bronze relief panel on the Marquette Building, airplane contrails in the sky, the Fisher Building, Martin Puryear's sculpture Desire (1981), a giant inflatable Miller High Life beer bottle at an outdoor festival, the Theodore Thomas Memorial in Grant Park, the outside entrance to the Shangri-La Theater, and a parade float representing Mayor Bilandic’s Citizens Committee for a Cleaner Chicago.
Format
Super 8
Extent
50 feet
Color
color and B&W
Sound
Mag Stripe
Reel/Tape Number
1/1
Has Been Digitized?
Yes
Element
Reversal Positives
Subject
Preservation Sponsor
Related Collections
Related Places
Main Credits
Stamets, Bill (is filmmaker)
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