Custom made winches for installation at MoMa by Philippe Parreno
MoMa, Museum of modern art in New York has been going through a big renovation lately. To celebrate of the reopening of the museum MoMa announced six long term installations by contemporary artists.
The so called public space artist commissions are made by a variety of artist from all around the globe. One of them, the French artist Philippe Parreno, was given the task to create an installation at the entrance of MoMa.
The installaton is called 'Echo' and is different from the installations Philippe Parreno normally makes. He told wallpaper.com that the idea originated when he was exhibiting in London:
"When [museum director] Glenn Lowry approached me, he said he was interested in doing something throughout the lobby, to make it a real public space,’ explains Parreno. ‘I think the idea came after I did the commission at Tate Modern – something that was there like a ghostly presence, something that will be present and something that will not be present. I took that as the thread throughout the project."
"‘Normally I’m occupied with exhibition making,’ the artist adds. ‘An exhibition is a display where we have a timeline or an architecture, where you hang a series of objects. So you can say that an exhibition always has a beginning and an end – it’s time-based. I thought this could be a different approach. For the first time, I’m going to reorganise myself around that notion of manifestation. All that will appear without a timeline."
For that specific task the team behind Philippe Parreno reached out to Wahlberg in the search of a winch with power and data in the lifting cable, 10 kgs lifting capacity and finally a winch which could work non-stop in several months without service. A task that needed some customization of Wahlberg's existing Winch 10 Cable.
Merging of Wahlberg's Winch 10 Cable and Winch 25
A winch with power and data in the lifting cable has for a long time been a part of the Wahlberg winch range. However, making it work with a close to 100 % duty cycle and a cable that could last for several months was a product that did not fit any of the winches wahlberg had in range.
The solution to this, was taking the best of two existing winches and merging them. The large drum and the robust motor from the Winch 25 and the specially made kevlar cable and the slip ring from the Winch 10 Cable. The larger drum allowed for less wear and tear on the cable and the ac motor from the Winch 25 made the high duty cycle possible. So finally a Winch 10 Cable - High Duty was made and could be installed at the museum.
Make sure to watch the pictures from the installation below and check out the video of the winches moving via this link.
