{"id":2238,"date":"2015-10-19T07:14:45","date_gmt":"2015-10-19T11:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/?p=2238"},"modified":"2017-04-06T09:52:47","modified_gmt":"2017-04-06T13:52:47","slug":"steven-simon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/steven-simon\/","title":{"rendered":"Steven Simon"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9812\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2238-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/stevensimon.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/stevensimon.mp3\">http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/stevensimon.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/interviews-by-brainard-carey\/id1468502583?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5ZxsN79E1W6VJOjQF9GNuZ\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/Interviews-by-Brainard-Carey-p1236598\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/interviews-by-brainard\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/xSQrKY\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here to  join mailing list\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click here to  join mailing list<\/a><\/p><p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2267 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SSimon.jpg?resize=300%2C278&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SSimon\" width=\"300\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SSimon.jpg?resize=300%2C278&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SSimon.jpg?w=334&amp;ssl=1 334w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/solarsculpture.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Steven Simon<\/a>, a Los Angeles based artist, builds large, labor-intensive sculptures and installations. Repurposing organic and machine-made materials enables him to create sculptural editorials that imply the fragile balance between technological advancements and natural resources.<\/p>\n<p>Simon\u2019s solar-powered creations examine light, space and architectural structures. He has fabricated<a href=\"http:\/\/montalvoarts.org\/sculpture\/place\/\" target=\"_blank\"> site-specific sculptures<\/a> for Villa Buenaventura Sculpture Garden in San Juan Cosala, Mexico and Fitzgerald\u2019s Park in Cork, Ireland. Collaborative research produced large outdoor installations in Chicago and upstate New York.<\/p>\n<p>For over thirty years, Simon has run the sculpture lab at UCLA, teaching students a myriad of fabrication methods with a vast array of materials, styles and concepts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThroughout my life, I have created art that intrigues, confronts and amuses the viewer. I want to entertain both the eye and mind by instigating discussion of ostensible meaning and social significance.\u201d\u2014Steven Simon<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2268\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2268\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2268 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/road.jpg?resize=696%2C522&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"road\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/road.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/road.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/road.jpg?resize=624%2C468&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2268\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Road, Suspended from cables, a steel storage system for old growth trees being cleared by logging industry roads , Dangerous Curve, Downtown Los Angeles 2005<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2269\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2269\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2269\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/component.jpg?resize=630%2C816&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"component\" width=\"630\" height=\"816\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/component.jpg?w=463&amp;ssl=1 463w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/component.jpg?resize=232%2C300&amp;ssl=1 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2269\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Component, 30 foot tall aluminum tower, covered in computer circuit boards with solar powered light, South Mountain, Santa Paula, California 1996-2003<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/stevensimon.mp3Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS | Click here to join mailing listSteven Simon, a Los Angeles based artist, builds large, labor-intensive sculptures and installations. 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