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My uncle works in art-work transportation, and some of the pieces are basically not transportable, but are travelling from museum to museum anyway. He remember

My uncle works in art-work transportation, and some of the pieces are basically not transportable, but are travelling from museum to museum anyway. He remembers a charcoled doorframe, that had to be transported although it basically could come apart any second once moved. They have vibration reducing special boxes, with the same climate protection as humidors have it. Also there are titanic insurance fees at work, to move art. And sometimes, somebody in some state run museum, is forced to take the cheapest option available. One of those haulers venturing into art, transported a artwork by a Chinese artists (do not know the name), basically very long paperrolls with Chinese letters on them to be hung from a halls ceiling. Those rolls they come in cardboard boxes, sealed with tape- and the poor fellow, takes a cutter, and systematically, cuts through the tape that seals all the boxes. Each box a artwork, insured for 25.000€ - sliced.

rabboRubble 10y ago
So like how was he supposed to open the boxes if not by cutting the tape? Or were the boxes intended to never be opened?
- strictnein 10y ago
  Cut the sides, peel off the tape? Or maybe he used a box cutter with a long blade? Either way, it's not his fault
  - pavel_lishin 10y ago
    > Either way, it's not his fault I don't know about that. If you take a job transporting art, it's your job to understand what you're transporting. And at no point are you supposed to open boxes like that, anyway, no matter what you're transporting - when I unloaded the truck at a department store, they drilled into us that that's a very good way to slice through a rack of t-shirts or pants or whatnot.
    - rabboRubble 10y ago
      If the tape on the boxes was not meant to be cut open under any circumstance, and the tape was not a part of the art itself, doesn't the blame fall upon the person who put the tape on in the first place?
      - pavel_lishin 10y ago
        You can cut tape from a packed box without jamming the blade into the box and its contents.
        rabboRubble 10y ago
        I didn't read it that way. The issue was with the handling of the boxes and not the contents. The box itself was the artwork in addition to the contents. Slicing the tape sliced the box and the box was insured for EUR25k. "cuts through the tape that seals all the boxes. Each box a artwork, insured for 25.000€ - sliced."
        pavel_lishin 10y ago
        > The box itself was the artwork in addition to the contents. That's not how I read it (emphasis mine): > One of those haulers venturing into art, transported a artwork by a Chinese artists (do not know the name), basically very long paperrolls with Chinese letters on them to be hung from a halls ceiling
        rabboRubble 10y ago
        I love this! I initially assumed your understanding was what s/he meant too but the wording in the last sentence caused me to think the boxes were also art. We are having the exact problem described in the article. Is the bench a bench or an art? Is the gigantic crossword puzzle a puzzle to be completed, or a work that should never be written on? Is the box a box, or an art? Regardless of the answer, tape never should be used or cut carelessly :-)
Jemmeh 10y ago
...so is making fragile art and collecting the insurance a common scam or what? <_< Not implying that this time was a scam, but I gotta think some people do it.

rabboRubble 10y ago

So like how was he supposed to open the boxes if not by cutting the tape? Or were the boxes intended to never be opened?

strictnein 10y ago
Cut the sides, peel off the tape? Or maybe he used a box cutter with a long blade? Either way, it's not his fault
- pavel_lishin 10y ago
  > Either way, it's not his fault I don't know about that. If you take a job transporting art, it's your job to understand what you're transporting. And at no point are you supposed to open boxes like that, anyway, no matter what you're transporting - when I unloaded the truck at a department store, they drilled into us that that's a very good way to slice through a rack of t-shirts or pants or whatnot.
  - rabboRubble 10y ago
    If the tape on the boxes was not meant to be cut open under any circumstance, and the tape was not a part of the art itself, doesn't the blame fall upon the person who put the tape on in the first place?
    - pavel_lishin 10y ago
      You can cut tape from a packed box without jamming the blade into the box and its contents.
      - rabboRubble 10y ago
        I didn't read it that way. The issue was with the handling of the boxes and not the contents. The box itself was the artwork in addition to the contents. Slicing the tape sliced the box and the box was insured for EUR25k. "cuts through the tape that seals all the boxes. Each box a artwork, insured for 25.000€ - sliced."
        pavel_lishin 10y ago
        > The box itself was the artwork in addition to the contents. That's not how I read it (emphasis mine): > One of those haulers venturing into art, transported a artwork by a Chinese artists (do not know the name), basically very long paperrolls with Chinese letters on them to be hung from a halls ceiling
        rabboRubble 10y ago
        I love this! I initially assumed your understanding was what s/he meant too but the wording in the last sentence caused me to think the boxes were also art. We are having the exact problem described in the article. Is the bench a bench or an art? Is the gigantic crossword puzzle a puzzle to be completed, or a work that should never be written on? Is the box a box, or an art? Regardless of the answer, tape never should be used or cut carelessly :-)

Jemmeh 10y ago

...so is making fragile art and collecting the insurance a common scam or what? <_< Not implying that this time was a scam, but I gotta think some people do it.