Richard Serra: You Are the Subject

Glenstone Museum

documentary, 22 min, 2023

“If you make some contribution at all, it’s very very hard to predict, in terms of perpetuity, what’s going to last and what’s not. Let’s just say that this kind of work means that there’s a chance.”
— Richard Serra

In the Summer of 2021, the Glenstone Museum reached out to us to record the herculean transport and installation of a new, truly massive Richard Serra sculpture made of four 82-ton steel cylinders titled Four Rounds: Equal Weigh, Unequal Measure. We didn’t know at the time, but that was just the beginning of a two year journey capturing and exploring the dialogue between nature and art, evanescence and perpetuity, as Glenstone installed this striking sculpture so heavy it commanded its own building be built around it, designed by Thomas Phifer and Partners. Evoking Stonehenge and the Egyptian tombs, the sculpture calls into question not only the legacy of Richard Serra but of humanity itself.

CREDITS


DIRECTOR & CINEMATOGRAPHER
Rafael Salazar Moreno

CO-DIRECTOR & PRODUCER
Ava Wiland

EDITOR
Russell Yaffe

FIELD PRODUCER
Jonna McKone

ADDITIONAL CINEMATOGRAPHY
Corey Hughes

Assistant Camera & Grip
Nick Hughes
Daryl Pittman
Jake Shapiro

DIGITAL CONTENT PRODUCER, GLENSTONE MUSEUM
Kevin McDonald

ASSOCIATE PRODUCER
Jonna McKone
Alexandra Ashworth
Igor Myakotin

ASSISTANT EDITOR
Andre Szabo

COLORIST
Jerome Thelia

SOUND DESIGN & MIX
Gisela Fullà Silvestre

ORIGINAL SCORE
Joel Pickard

MUSIC
Kingpinguin
Skyler Lawson
Longlake
Zack Nestel-Patt
Adam Pultz Melbye
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LOCATION SOUND MIXERS
Paul Schmitz
Gabby Sturgeon
Zachary Trees
Aaron Webster

DRONE OPERATOR
Nicholas Pisciotta

SPECIAL THANKS
Joe Vilardi and the Budco team
Allen Glatter
Trina McKeever
Jose Castro and Carmen Potter
Charlie Raffensberger, Scott Thomas, David Rodgers, and the Whiting-Turner team
Michael Trudeau and Ken Robertson