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    2018 PACCIN Seattle Rigging Workshops 

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    Chris Barber
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    Published on 02-08-2018 08:53 AM
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    Luke Boehnke giving a rigging demonstration using a gantry and two chain falls.




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    Elevated Installation of a Large Painting at Vassar. 

    Published on 06-26-2016 11:05 AM
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    Introduction: This article is particularly important I think, because it illustrates the kind of circumstances and situations so many of us have worked in, that tend to develop and hone the critical skill-set needed to really master our trade. The creativity needed to get things done when you have limited resources - utilizing a combination of a vision, a spirit of collaboration, effective communication, and some well chosen equipment - is the kind of thing that really defines success in the work we do. In my book this is the "real deal".
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    Wrangling Twombly at MoMA 

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    T. Ashley McGrew
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    Published on 10-29-2011 09:48 AM
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    Thanks to the internet and to posts like this one from MoMA and PS-1 in their blog section "Inside/Out" - the public is more aware of what we do (and ...
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    Reinstalling the New NCMA – a conversation with art handler Tom Lopez 

    Published on 08-09-2010 06:21 PM
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    This Article is the first of two that feature the North Carolina Museum of Art. This article generously appears here courtesy ...
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    PACIN Preparators Conference - Williamstown, MA August 14 - 15, 2009 

    Published on 04-14-2010 11:12 PM
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    The first PACIN Preparators Conference held on August 14th and 15th at The Clark Institute of Art has been agreed by all attending to be a huge success. For all the delegates, presenters and sponsors attending the conference proved to be an excellent opportunity to gain knowledge and meet new colleagues. The presentations and workshops perpetuated further conversations which continued at the Q & A’s, Roundtable Forum, coffee breaks, lunches and all evening events, planed or free formed.

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    Trolley Blocks 

    Published on 03-09-2010 02:00 PM
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    Compiled by Ashley McGrew
    Originally Posted 7/25/09





    Using a chain hoist on a standard trolley (not a geared type) means that the load can move easily along the axis of the gantry’s I-beam. This is what makes you able to move a load from one location to another if required. This ease of movement can also be useful because when lifting irregularly shaped objects (like sculpture versus say a ...
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    National Gallery of Victoria Sculpture Garden Installation 2004 

    Published on 03-08-2010 01:59 PM
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    Brent Powell, Coordinator Art Handling
    National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Australia



    Geoffrey Bartlett "Messenger"

    In January 2003 the primary logistics started to be put into place for the re-installation of outdoor sculptures for the newly renovated National Gallery of Victoria Sculpture Garden. Five sculptures were to be installed in the garden and one sculpture removed from the present site before the grand reopening of the newly refurbished building on December 4th 2003.The sculptures from the NGV collection were August Rodin's "Balzac", William DeKooning's "Standing Figure", Henry ...
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