Suzanne Harris
Sculpture

The artist installed a number of pieces, some activated in performance. The Wheels was a large wooden construction of interconnecting gears, like watch works. Performers moved the gears by pressing their body weight on the bars connected to the cogs. Flying Machine allowed performers strapped into its harness-like contraption to experience a momentary defiance of gravity. Wood, ¼” cable, nylon, rope, and rubber were used to build an apparatus 12′ in length suspended from the ceiling and raised by a winch. Other works included Enclosed Space Form and Z.

Excerpted from Brentano, R., & Savitt, M. (1981). 112 Workshop, 112 Greene Street: History, artists & artworks. New York: New York University Press.