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Detail from a cardboard construction by Wayne Montecalvo<\/p><\/div>\n

[Editor’s Note: This piece originally appeared on Chronogram.com September 1st, 2015 and has been re-posted here with the author’s permission.]<\/i><\/p>\n

ART SCENE TV<\/b><\/p>\n

Each month, filmmaker Stephen Blauweiss produces “ArtScene,” a monthly video web series with short segments on artists, galleries, and museums in the Hudson Valley. Check it out at Chronogram.com\/TV<\/a>. As told to Kelly Seiz.<\/i><\/p>\n

John T. Unger: Sculptor<\/b><\/p>\n

John T. Unger is creating a massive work titled Old Glory<\/i>\u2014a 10-by-16-foot, billboard-size American flag made of 20,000 beer bottle caps\u2014for the Stagecoach Music Festival. The film shows the planning and execution of this grand scale project, from the measurements to the placement to the color scheme\u2014red, blue, and gray\u2014to the actual work involved in putting it together. There were inherent hurdles in creating the piece; for instance, instead of simply nailing them in, he had to first punch a hole into each individual cap before he could adhere them to the wood. According to John’s conservative estimate, he swung the tack hammer about three- to four-hundred-thousand times during the process. Some people are thrilled by the piece, but other people look at it and they’re appalled.<\/p>\n