This piece is high up on a retaining wall. The chair is by Brian Goggins and is very similar to his Defenestration Piece running South of Market.
The description that accompanies the piece is “Fortitude” A submarine chair transforms our perception of space and objects. This “submarine chair” is a chair found on WWII submarines known to be “fashionably indestructible”.
People in submarines eventually need to sit down, and in 1944 aluminum company ALCOA collaborated with the U.S. Navy on the purpose-built 1006 Chair, also known as the Navy Chair or Submarine Chair. The design brief had at least one interesting bulletpoint: The chair had to be “torpedo-proof.”
The resultant super-strong chair is still in production today, manufactured by aluminum chair company Emeco.
Emeco even teamed up with Coca-Cola to make the chairs from recycled plastic.
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Very cool on that wall!
What a great perspective you put on this fun sculpture:) If I hadn’t read your words I would have thought this chair was on the ground!
I wonder if these chairs are bolted down on a submarine. The red chair is really eye-catching and unusual.
Very interesting perspective.
That is so interesting and unusual…SF definitely has fabulous artwork for the public to enjoy! Thank you for sharing your talent and photographer’s vision at ‘Weekly Top Shot!’
Eye catching. It kind of reminds me of a metal bug crawling up the wall. Had never heard of a submarine chair until now. BTW, the Lake Chalet belongs to the owners of the Beach Chalet in your neck of the woods.
On the wall? That’s outstanding!
The chair is just attached to the wall? That’s funny. I bet it makes people do a lot of double takes.
Thanks for the potted history… and what a truly fabulous chair. I love that something so creative was the result of what seems to be such a bland brief.
Mollyxxx
Very cool!
very cool – thanks for sharing it!
Great post. Enjoyed the video.
That chair is just like a red crab climbing up the wall! In fact, before I clicked OVER here, from just the little icon pix, that is EXACTLY what I thought it was.
I’ve never seen that chair before! Thanks for highlighting such an interesting piece.
I was thinking Spider Chair… Very interesting.
My first thought > a twisted red chair in middle of sandy beach LOL. Interesting piece of art for sure
Very very cool and if it’s torpedo-proof, then it’s definitely toot-proof.
That’s hysterical! Thanks for the mention.