Sci - fi Chair

The Antique Vintage Sci-Fi chair came from both humble and macabre beginnings. What started as an antique chair that I had applied a UV reactive wash to ever so slowly morphed into a very Vintage Sci-Fi looking machine. It was as though it had leaped from the screens of low budget Sci-Fi B - moviedom into existence. A chair capable of untold physical and emotional impact upon the user. The chair itself has many switches, each of which cause a different interaction with the sitter. While I had tried very consciously to use ONLY the parts I obtained from industrial sized office machines I had torn down and sorted, this piece needed stability. I used the chair with the intention of allowing parts of the wood to show through. It would also serve as an armature with which to build upon. However, in the end very little if any wood can be seen. I also added several UV lighting ballasts and a red/green lazer show projector. It was liberating to break free from the copier parts only contraint I had placed upon myself, but it was only in ways that would accentuate the works primary medium. (IE: the copier parts, but other primary mediums in other works IE: deconstructed adding machines, typewriters etc.) Below is a massive gallery of images. They range from the very first pictures of the UV washed antique chair to the project nearing completion. The final piece includes a huge pump that circulates UV liquid between a 4 gallon clear glass orb and the chair itself via clear tubing. Those images will come after future showings. I would like to get shots of the entire work in gallery and displayed as intended, not just set up in the Bot Shop. Enjoy!
***a tidbit of history on the chair I used...It was a parishioners chair and the bottom rung of the chair was all warn down from those who had used the rung to keep their feet from touching the ground durring ceremonies. It also had a drawer built into the seat to hold a copy of the bible and hymnals... It looked a lot like an electric chair the first time I saw it. The women I purchased it from said her kids would not sit in it for that very same reason. I actually used it as a wearable art object, putting a dummy body in it with my own head attached. Cable and pulley systems allowed me to move the legs and arms as though the occupant was being electrocuted.