{"id":641,"date":"2007-08-01T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-08-01T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kqed2.wsmtechs.net\/spark\/ann-hamilton\/"},"modified":"2016-01-19T15:16:30","modified_gmt":"2016-01-19T23:16:30","slug":"ann-hamilton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/spark\/ann-hamilton\/","title":{"rendered":"Ann Hamilton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"KQED Spark - Ann Hamilton\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7FuXGrKYBH8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<aside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">&#8220;It seems so fitting that it took so long to have made it because I don&#8217;t think I could&#8217;ve even understood that that&#8217;s what was happening.&#8221;<cite>&#8212; Ann Hamilton<\/cite><\/aside>\n<p><b>Ann Hamilton<\/b>&#8216;s eight-story tower, built on the grounds of the Oliver Ranch in Geyserville, Calif., is more than just a work of art to be observed. With its cylindrical walls, staggered windows, open ceiling and winding stairways, the space also serves as a unique venue for performance art. <b>Spark<\/b> visits with Hamilton and Meredith Monk for the unveiling of &#8220;The Tower.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The product of almost nine years of discussion and three years of construction, Hamilton&#8217;s tower was inspired by a 16th-century Italian well that led farm animals down to water via one staircase and &#8212; because they couldn&#8217;t turn around on their own &#8212; back to the top via another. Yet unlike a well deep in the ground, Hamilton&#8217;s work rises high above the landscape.<\/p>\n<p>In the structure&#8217;s center, a reflecting pool sets the stage for the two spiral staircases, which shaped like a double helix never connect or cross each other in a seemingly M.C. Escher fashion. Adding to the illusion, the 128 steps in each of the staircases get progressively narrower as they ascend.<\/p>\n<p>Poured from more than 2,000 tons of concrete and sandblasted for an instant antiquing effect, &#8220;The Tower&#8221; features windows in various shapes and sizes that, much like the holes on a woodwind instrument, allow sound to escape. At the same time, these openings provide an unconventional seating schema for audiences.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What interested me about the form of the double helix in this situation is that it means that one stairway can be a moving performance and one can be a static or moving audience. But you&#8217;re wound within each other, in the same space,&#8221; Hamilton explains. <\/p>\n<p>Steve and Nancy Oliver&#8217;s 100-acre ranch has become one of the most prestigious private art preserves in the country over the last two decades. Hamilton&#8217;s tower is the 18th site-specific structure that the Olivers have commissioned on their Sonoma property.<\/p>\n<p>Based in Columbus, Ohio, Ann Hamilton earned an M.F.A. in sculpture from Yale University. She was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 1993 and was the 1999 American representative to the Venice Biennale. 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