{"id":155574,"date":"2023-04-15T13:39:23","date_gmt":"2023-04-15T13:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/culture.org\/?p=155574"},"modified":"2023-04-15T13:39:23","modified_gmt":"2023-04-15T13:39:23","slug":"man-trapped-in-a-piece-of-public-art-rescued-and-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/culture.org\/art-and-culture\/man-trapped-in-a-piece-of-public-art-rescued-and-arrested\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Trapped in a Piece of Public Art Rescued and Arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"           <!--  <script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n                jQuery(document).ready(function() {\r\n                    jQuery(\".key-accordion-item .key-menu\").on(\"click\", function() {\r\n                        if (jQuery(this).parent().hasClass(\"active\")) {\r\n                            jQuery(this).next().slideUp();\r\n                            jQuery(this).parent().removeClass(\"active\");\r\n                        } else {\r\n                            jQuery(\".key-content\").slideUp();\r\n                            jQuery(\".key-accordion-item\").removeClass(\"active\");\r\n                            jQuery(this).parent().addClass(\"active\");\r\n                            jQuery(this).next().slideDown();\r\n                        }\r\n                    });\r\n                })\r\n            <\/script> -->\r\n\r\n\r\n            <!-- start html -->\r\n\r\n            <div class=\"news-key-takeaway-wapper\">\r\n                                <span style=\"background-color:#4db2ee;\">Key Takeaways<\/span>\r\n                <ul class=\"news-key-nbox\" style=\"border-color:#4db2ee;background-color:rgba(77, 178, 238, 0.1);\">\r\n                                                        <li>A 26-year-old man was trapped inside the Talus Dome sculpture in Edmonton, Canada, and was rescued by firefighters on Easter Sunday.<\/li>\r\n                                                                    <li>The Talus Dome sculpture, consisting of nearly 1,000 handmade stainless steel spheres, is a divisive piece of public art among Edmonton residents.<\/li>\r\n                                                                    <li>The man was arrested and charged with one count of mischief over $5,000 for climbing on top of the structure and damaging several spheres before becoming trapped.<\/li>\r\n                                                                    <li>Three crews, including a technical rescue team, were involved in the rescue operation, which took around an hour and a half.<\/li>\r\n                                                                    <li>The Talus Dome is maintained by the Edmonton Arts Council and is part of the City of Edmonton's Public Art Collection.<\/li>\r\n                                                <\/ul>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n            \n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a bizarre incident, a 26-year-old man found himself trapped inside the Talus Dome sculpture in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Firefighters were called to the scene on Easter Sunday, and the man was arrested soon after his rescue.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>A Strange Sight at the Talus Dome<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Talus Dome, a monumental roadside sculpture created by Ball Nogues Studio in 2012, is made up of nearly 1,000 handmade stainless steel spheres.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is located at a major junction of the city&#8217;s river valley trail system, making it accessible to a wide range of people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Connor Schwindt, a passerby who noticed the commotion, said he initially thought the firefighters were attempting to rescue an animal.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When he realized it was a person trapped inside the sculpture, he began documenting the incident on his phone.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Schwindt described the man as &#8220;panicking&#8221; and compared the situation to a mouse falling into a bucket.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>                        <!-- <div class=\"container-c\"> -->\r\n                        <!-- <div class=\"row justify-content-between\"> -->\r\n                        <!-- <div class=\"col-post-800\"> -->\r\n                        <!-- start html -->\r\n                        <div class=\"blockquote-wapper\">\r\n                            <div>\r\n                                <span class=\"text_quot\">\r\n                                    <p>The Talus Dome, a monumental roadside sculpture created by Ball Nogues Studio in 2012, is made up of nearly 1,000 handmade stainless steel spheres.<\/p>\n                                <\/span>\r\n\r\n                                <div class=\"quot_icon\">\r\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-content\/themes\/culture\/icons\/i_quot.svg\" type=\"image\/svg+xml\">\r\n                                <\/div>\r\n                            <\/div>\r\n\r\n                            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"quot_tick\" src=\"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-content\/themes\/culture\/icons\/i_quot_tri.svg\" type=\"image\/svg+xml\">\r\n                        <\/div>\r\n                        <!-- end html -->\r\n                        <!-- <\/div> -->\r\n                        <!-- <\/div> -->\r\n                        <!-- <\/div> -->\r\n                                    <\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Firefighters to the Rescue<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Three crews, including a technical rescue team, were involved in the rescue operation, which took around an hour and a half.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Firefighters had to use a saw and the hydraulic rescue tool known as the &#8220;jaws of life&#8221; to cut through the steel structure and remove one of the spheres.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Edmonton Fire Rescue Services district chief Troy Brady remarked that the incident was a first for him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No injuries were reported during the rescue, but the man was arrested shortly after he was freed from the sculpture.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Police said he had climbed on top of the structure and damaged several spheres before becoming trapped.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He has been charged with one count of mischief over $5,000 and released.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Talus Dome: A Polarizing Piece of Public Art<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Talus Dome has long been a divisive piece of public art among Edmonton residents.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hans Klaver, a fan of the sculpture, said he had always wondered what it would look like from the inside but had never been &#8220;curious or stupid enough&#8221; to try.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He jokingly suggested that the man should have been left inside overnight, with just a sandwich thrown in for sustenance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Connor Schwindt, who documented the incident, noted that the Talus Dome had always been a polarizing piece of art.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He found the situation both strange and humorous, stating, &#8220;How polarizing the Talus Balls are is already funny and to have some dude slip inside there \u2026 I just thought it was humorous.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Talus Dome, maintained by the Edmonton Arts Council, is part of the City of Edmonton&#8217;s Public Art Collection.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The structure, designed by California-based artists Benjamin Ball and Gaston Nogues, cost around $600,000 to construct.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":155575,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[410],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-155574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art-and-culture"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155574"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155574\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/155575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}