THE TENT OF MEANING

 
 
The Tent is 25′ x 40′ with a 100 square foot entry area. The walls are 10′ high and extend to 13′ 5” on the long walls. The stories of the three traditions were collaged on paper, much smaller, but in scale with the eventual size. The art was then cut into strips – that was then enlarged onto fireproof circus tent canvas, using an industrial engineering Xerox machine. My assistant, Donna Bone then worked with a crew to match and sew the pieces together on industrial sewing machines. In the end, each piece was 36” x 10’ and up to 36” x 13’ for the long walls. Once it was sewn together and assembled, it was painted with acrylics. The Tent itself is installed on an industrial grade exterior fiberglass frame. The black cover is theatrical blackout fabric that is fireproofed according to code.

The mahogany center pole is an element that was designed by Michael Baron, a geometry scholar, to express the sacred geometry of the world. David Hykes composed Harmonic Meetings for The Tent and Charlie Ramsburg oversaw the construction, as well as drawing the mountains of the Sinai Desert. This project was completed in 1985.

For more information, please contact the artist at michelezackheim@mac.com or https://thetentofmeeting.org/

Watch a video on the project here