The framing option for this RUN includes two 1 inch black wood frames (one frame per print) with UV-glass, foam core backing and ready to hang hardware.
Scott Hocking's Seventeen Shitty Mountains editions are presented in partnership with David Klein Gallery.
Read our full interview with Scott Hocking and check out the Seventeen Shitty Mountains video at
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"Seventeen Shitty Mountains consists of 17 individual sculptures, constructed from discarded concrete materials found onsite. 8 of the sculptures are large towers, built from concrete sewer pipes that weigh approximately 10,000 lbs each (5 tons), sized approx. 8 ft long x 6 ft diameter each 3 of these large towers are approximately 22 ft high, built from 3 of the 10,000 lb concrete pipes, and therefore weigh approximately 30,000 lbs each (15 tons) the 5 other large towers are built of 2 or 3 large concrete pipes and are approx. 14 ft tall, and range from 15,000 lbs (7.5 tons) to 30,000 lbs (15 tons)
the 9 other sculptures are part of what I call Shitty Stonehenge, aka Hermaphrohenge, aka Scotthenge, and make up an arc of columns / towers clustered together onsite.
All of the materials used in the installation are arranged and stacked cast-concrete sewer pipes of various sizes and diameters, as well as other cast-concrete slabs, chunks, and fragments.
Seventeen Shitty Mountains came about when Jesse and Roula from 1xRun invited me to participate in the Murals in the Market festival. Knowing I work site-specifically, using whatever materials I find, Jesse and I explored potential sites around Eastern Market. The former Water and Sewerage building and adjacent vacant lots between Orleans and Riopelle Streets, were immediately intriguing because they are some of the last vacant properties in Eastern Market. For me, a site has to be visually appealing, but also has to have materials I can use. When we found various concrete pipes lined up in different sections of the vacant lots adjacent to the building, I knew this was the material I could use. There were 20 large concrete sewer pipes, and dozens of other smaller pipes and concrete fragments scattered throughout the area. This was good enough material and context for me to make a site-specific installation.
The title Seventeen Shitty Mountains is a play on the site-specific sculptural installation Seven Magic Mountains by Ugo Rondinone, built out of large, stacked boulders in the Nevada desert, and painted various vibrant Day-Glo colors. This work is very photogenic and “selfie” friendly. In my work, using discarded and decaying concrete sewer pipes – literally “shit pipes” – I decided to make a megalithic installation that at once parodies the Seven Magic Mountains work, and also riffs on the ancient megaliths and henges of the UK, ancient Roman or Greek ruins, and other prehistoric sites such as the Moa of Easter Island. A contemporary mysterious artifact and/or ceremonial site of unknown origin that people can stumble upon and discover – perhaps while buying their fruits and vegetables at the market. Playing with ideas of ceremony, ritual, and contrasting ancient mythologies and mysticism with our everyday life are central themes to my artworks. I like that people will be driving by and notice something strange, leading to further investigation. The sewer pipes seem utilitarian in some way, and I think that confuses people who discover them. If people say to themselves “wait, what the fuck is that?” I’m happy. The work is also sub-titled Shitty Sun Tunnels, after another famous desert-southwest land-art work called Sun Tunnels, by Nancy Holt. Again, playing with themes of these previous, famous works, I’m interested and making a Detroit-centric version, using wasted materials, and a neglected space.
Physically, I build large-scale site-specific installations like this almost as if they’re a large 3D sketch. Placement of the works and their overall arrangement was determined as I worked. The short 1-week timespan helps me make quick decisions and trust that I will figure it all out as I go. An important tenant in my work is a belief in chance, and that things go as they are supposed to go. Often, I work in sites that are not mine, I’m trespassing and I do not own the materials I use, and this circumstance has led me to consistently practice letting go of any control of the fate and transitions of the physical works. Instead, I focus on the practice itself, from the conceptual aspects behind the ideas, to meditative qualities of work onsite, often alone, with only the sounds of nature surrounding me. In the end, like most site-specific installations I create, the work will be destroyed, altered, or eliminated in some way. But the photographic series’ created from the three dimensional works lives on, often the only evidence that the site-specific artworks ever existed." - Scott Hocking
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