{"id":1972,"date":"2016-08-04T10:59:30","date_gmt":"2016-08-04T10:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfurr.wallopmedia.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/BRACEYFURR_StayingAlive_closed_l.jpg"},"modified":"2016-08-04T11:07:16","modified_gmt":"2016-08-04T11:07:16","slug":"braceyfurr_stayingalive_closed_l","status":"inherit","type":"attachment","link":"http:\/\/christianfurr.wallopmedia.com\/site\/neon\/staying-alive\/artworks\/braceyfurr_stayingalive_closed_l\/#main","title":{"rendered":"Staying Alive 2013"},"author":1,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"description":{"rendered":"

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Hand painted wooden Coffin with mechanical automaton clown which sits up when the box is opened and plays the chorus line audio sound of \u2018Staying Alive\u2019. Outlined in murano neon glass.
\nUnique \u2013 280mm x 400mm<\/p>\n

\u2018Though the fact of death detroys us, the idea of death can save us. In other words our awareness of death can throw a different perspective on life and incite us to rearrange our priorities.\u2019 \u2013 Irvin.D.Yalom<\/p>\n

Christian Furr says: \u2018 I woke up one morning at 5AM with a Eureka moment. I had a vison of brightly coloured fairground painted coffin with the lid flung open and a a smiling \u2018jack in the box\u2019 sitting bolt upright inside. The coffin was edged in neon. It was something that couldn\u2019t be ignored. To me it symbolized the beauty of Art being immortal and maybe deep down on a subconscious level it was autobiographical. This was an idea I had had that I couldnt ignore. It had to be materialized. Good Art is something that never dies. Isn\u2019t all Art trying to bring something back to life or is the life in the Art itself? Great Art stays alive in future generations. A great idea re-generates. It stays alive\u2019<\/p>\n

Chris Bracey \u2013 whose background includes a love of fairground art \u2013 took the idea further and turned the coffin into an automaton like Joseph Merlin\u2019s silver swan. On the risng of the clown we hear the Bee Gees \u2018Staying Alive\u2019 song.<\/p>\n

Death brings insights. Mexico celebrates death in a joyous way. Fairgrounds remind us of death and joy. They are about extraordinary thrills and closeness of expiry. \u2018Like all funerals we wanted this to be moving. A studio 54 sendoff. But death is rebirth\u2019 In the future they can experience over and over again the movements of a world they thought they had lost. A mechanical marvel. Something pretending to be human about Art living forever and built by dreamers. A most unusual fusion of humanity and technology inspired by the Bee Gees.<\/p>\n"},"caption":{"rendered":"

Hand painted wooden Coffin with mechanical automaton clown which sits up when the box is opened and plays the chorus line audio sound of \u2018Staying Alive\u2019. Outlined in murano neon glass. Unique \u2013 280mm x 400mm \u2018Though the fact of death detroys us, the idea of death can save us. In other words our awareness… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n"},"alt_text":"","media_type":"image","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","media_details":{"width":550,"height":383,"file":"2016\/08\/BRACEYFURR_StayingAlive_closed_l.jpg","sizes":{"woocommerce_thumbnail":{"file":"BRACEYFURR_StayingAlive_closed_l-300x300.jpg","width":300,"height":300,"uncropped":true,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"http:\/\/christianfurr.wallopmedia.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/BRACEYFURR_StayingAlive_closed_l-300x300.jpg"},"woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail":{"file":"BRACEYFURR_StayingAlive_closed_l-100x100.jpg","width":100,"height":100,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"http:\/\/christianfurr.wallopmedia.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/BRACEYFURR_StayingAlive_closed_l-100x100.jpg"},"thumbnail":{"file":"BRACEYFURR_StayingAlive_closed_l-150x150.jpg","width":150,"height":150,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"http:\/\/christianfurr.wallopmedia.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/BRACEYFURR_StayingAlive_closed_l-150x150.jpg"},"medium":{"file":"BRACEYFURR_StayingAlive_closed_l-300x209.jpg","width":300,"height":209,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"http:\/\/christianfurr.wallopmedia.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/BRACEYFURR_StayingAlive_closed_l-300x209.jpg"},"post-thumbnail":{"file":"BRACEYFURR_StayingAlive_closed_l-550x360.jpg","width":550,"height":360,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"http:\/\/christianfurr.wallopmedia.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/BRACEYFURR_StayingAlive_closed_l-550x360.jpg"},"full":{"file":"BRACEYFURR_StayingAlive_closed_l.jpg","width":550,"height":383,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"http:\/\/christianfurr.wallopmedia.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/BRACEYFURR_StayingAlive_closed_l.jpg"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":"4.5","credit":"","camera":"Canon EOS 600D","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1372301594","copyright":"","focal_length":"30","iso":"100","shutter_speed":"0.033333333333333","title":"","orientation":"1","keywords":[]}},"post":1961,"source_url":"http:\/\/christianfurr.wallopmedia.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/BRACEYFURR_StayingAlive_closed_l.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/christianfurr.wallopmedia.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1972"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/christianfurr.wallopmedia.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/christianfurr.wallopmedia.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/attachment"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/christianfurr.wallopmedia.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/christianfurr.wallopmedia.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1972"}]}}