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Project Team Acknowledgements
Click for large view Over a six-week period prior to the actual installation, over 30 artisans working over 10,000 man-hours assembled all of the components needed for this undertaking. The installation at the ACE GALLERY New York began on April 10 with 30 skilled individuals from varying fields of expertise working over a three-week period to complete the project.

Special thanks to the following groups and individuals for their help in the realization of this exhibition:

YAMAGATA STUDIO
Carolee Rhoads, Lewis Ito, Kevin McCarthy, Teresa Nakatani, Jose Magana, Ofredo Magana

SATELLITE CONSTRUCTION FOR YAMAGATA STUDIOS
Jun Yago, Terou Shimokawa, Hideto Misaki, Toshiako Sakuma

ACE GALLERY NEW YORK
Douglas Chrismas, Janet Cross

CONSTRUCTION
Pat Nickell, Jose Marin, Brent Rumage, Robert Levine, Michael McCurry, Anders Lansing, Laura Howe, Gene Wyrick, Kent Young, Erik Otsea, Mark Jones, Mark Lightcap, Richard Lee, Senon Williams, Mike Pierzynski

LASERS
Lasermedia Los Angeles - Harvey Plotnick, Rudi Blondia, Scott Cunningham, Mel Horan, Ken Schmitt, Paul Linden, Dave Moss
Laser Images - Ivan Dryer, John Tilp

LIGHTING
ELS HOLLYWOOD - Paul Dexter, Sing To, Jim Geoghegan
Lightning Strikes - Dan Schofield
High End Systems - John Wiseman

ACCOMMODATIONS
Steve Braithwaite, Knickerbocker Village, New York

SHOW CONTROL
Alcorn McBride - Chris Harden, Tom Gottshalk
Rath Productions - Glenn Polly

TRANSPORTATION
2000 International Concierge, New York - Roachele Negron

TRAVEL AGENT
Dory Lewis- Entertainment Travel, Los Angeles

POWER
GE Energy Rentals/ShowPower, New Jersey, Los Angeles
Bill Roberts, J.J. Ross

FREIGHT FORWARDER
AAA Packaging and Shipping - Julius Gianini

LABOR SUPPORT
Stellar Designs, New Jersey - A.J. Seabeck

AMERICAN PAPER OPTICS - Andy Bulough

PUBLIC RELATIONS
Blue Medium, New York - John Melick, Julieanne Campbell, Stefanie Cohen

CURATORIAL ADVISOR TO MR. YAMAGATA
Fred Hoffman, Fred Hoffman Fine Art, Santa Monica

ARCHITECT
Griffin Enright Architects, Venice, CA - John Enright
Elyse Grinstein

WEBSITE DESIGN
Tom Schirtz, Russell Daw

COMMUNICATIONS
AAA Communications - Lori Racioppi

UNISTRUT

FISHER LUMBER

CALIFORNIA INDUSTRIAL ELECTRIC

FRANK 0. GEHRY, ARCHITECT

DENNIS HOPPER

LISA PHILLIPS

RICHARD KOSHALEK

STANLEY AND ELYSE GRINSTEIN

SPECTRATEK

PROLAB CUSTOM COLOR LAB

HASTINGS PLASTICS



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