http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/a_memorial_for_the_art_laborer Tomorrow is the 15th anniversary of the day that Jason Sprinkle attached a 700-pound ball and chain to Jonathan Borofsy's Hammering Man in front of Seattle Art Museum. In remembrance, Sprinkle's friends, family, and other artists will be meeting at 10 am at Hammering Man to set a memorial sign there. The memorial is both for Sprinkle's art, and for his life--he was killed when hit by a freight train in 2005. The organizer, Doug Parry, says: Please feel free to bring cut flowers to place around the memorial sign (no jars or cups of water for the flowers and... Copyright 2008 Sun, 31 Aug 2008 20:06:12 -0800 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 16:40:07 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss I think of him and the ball and chain on the hammering man at least 3 times a week on my way home from work. An inspired motivated wonderful artist. What a shame he's gone.

]]> cracked http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/a_memorial_for_the_art_laborer#c1118219 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/a_memorial_for_the_art_laborer#c1118219 Visual Art Sun, 31 Aug 2008 22:23:42 -0800 I miss Jason Sprinkle, even though I didn't know him. He had a way of tapping into the spirit of the time that makes him hard to forget (remember "car bomb"?) People like him are all too few.

]]> earwig http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/a_memorial_for_the_art_laborer#c1118391 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/a_memorial_for_the_art_laborer#c1118391 Visual Art Mon, 01 Sep 2008 11:36:56 -0800 Dear Earwig,
Remember: there was no bomb. There never was and it was never Jason's intention to make people think that. That incident was taken completely out of context. Nice that you remember Jason, though.

]]> Fan of Jason's http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/a_memorial_for_the_art_laborer#c1118549 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/a_memorial_for_the_art_laborer#c1118549 Visual Art Mon, 01 Sep 2008 14:23:21 -0800 Dear Earwig,
Remember: there was no bomb. There never was and it was never Jason's intention to make people think that. That incident was taken completely out of context. Nice that you remember Jason, though.

]]> Fan of Jason's http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/a_memorial_for_the_art_laborer#c1118550 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/a_memorial_for_the_art_laborer#c1118550 Visual Art Mon, 01 Sep 2008 14:23:43 -0800 True, Fan of Jason's, it was unintentional. I guess I was trying to say (clumsily) that the event itself showed the extreme paranoia of the police, and by extension, of the times.

]]> Earwig http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/a_memorial_for_the_art_laborer#c1128632 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/a_memorial_for_the_art_laborer#c1128632 Visual Art Sat, 06 Sep 2008 16:40:07 -0800