Screen Actors Building, Lobby, Museum Square, Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California
Dimensions
5 ft. x 22 ft.
Media
Ink on vinyl and monitor
Commissioned By
Screen Actors Guild
Art Consultant
Michelle Isenberg and Associates, Inc.
Description
A mural-sized digital print illustrating a scene from the movie "Desk Set" whose plot dealt with early use of computer technology. The scene features Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn facing each other, with an insertion of a television monitor that is functional, showing ongoing programming. The monitor is imbedded so as to become a part of the wall installation, incorporated in the composition.
View from entrance lobby.Details. The video monitor is embedded in the book case between Spencer Tracy (L) and Katharine Hepburn (R), here seen in a scene from the movie "Desk Set.”
