Andre you forgot about the fire
Channel: machineproject
Date: 2012-02-10

Andre you forgot about the fire

Michael O'Malley

Walker Art Center and Machine Project 
Summer Jubilee at the Walker Open Field 
July 18th-29th 2011

"Andre you forgot about the fire" is a project by sculptor Michael O'Malley. It is a gesture that remakes one of Carl Andre's now iconic firebrick pieces, Equivalent. The remaking serves as both remembrance and prelude; once completed, the piece becomes source material for the making of a temporary pizza oven. This shift marks a further extension into the use of everyday material to include conversations about the built environment, DIY, and vernacular culture as artistic practice. It also produces some of the best-tasting pizza you'll ever have, and creates a hands-on workshop setting for learning how to build your own brick oven. 

Graphic Design: Ben Benjamin
Camera: Jimmy Fusil
Editor: Emily Lacy