Invasion of the Art Snatchers: Carrie Schneider and Alex Tu, pictured above (though not in their everyday wear), are planning to reproduce the Art Guy Michael Galbreth’s “The Human Tour,” reports Houston Press‘s Meredith Deliso. As a UH student in 1987, Galbreth came up with the crosstown tour: a 40-mile, anatomically correct urban hike in the shape of a human figure.
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The two artists, it appears, are updating things for this century. They’ve broken down Galbreth’s 40-miler into 10 segments, the first of which will commence on February 10. Originally, Galbreth cemented down 5 plaques to denote the figure’s head, hands, and feet; he also had maps of the tour printed for distribution for free at Central Public Library and the old DiverseWorks. In addition to the homemade hazmat suits, Schneider and Tu have run Galbreth’s map (shown below) through Google.
- Michael Galbreth’s Massive, Largely Forgotten Public Art Project “The Human Tour” Lives On [Art Attack]
- The Human Tour 2013 [Hear our Houston]
- Enormous Forgotten Art Project [The Great God Pan is Dead]
Photos: Hear our Houston (suits); The Great God Pan is Dead (map)
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I’m not being snarky, but is this really anatomically correct? It looks rather more approximate than correct.
Katamari? http://firsthour.net/screenshots/katamari-damacy/katamari-damacy-king-of-all-cosmos-full-pants.jpg
Houston has grown a lot since 1987–someone should do a new Human Tour. The new figure could be inscribed into the Beltway, arms spread. The head would be in Aldine, his right hand in west Spring Branch, his left hand in Cloverleaf, his right foot would be down where the Fort Bend Parkway starts, and his left foot just south of Hobby. He would be Houston’s Vitruvian Man!
Is it weird that I’m excited they’re going by my house on one of the tours? I’m thinking tailgate party.
Dumb.