the filing cabinet skyscraper

by deputydog ⋅ 08 / 10 / 2007 ⋅ post a comment

from a distance you could be fooled into thinking this is a thin skyscraper, until you get close enough to realise there are handles on one side and only enough interior space to accomodate ‘little people’.

officially the largest filing cabinet in the world, this 65 ft tall office monster actually serves a purpose, of sorts. inside it is a dismantled mg sports car, the parts organised, labelled and filed in the drawers, heaviest to lightest.

it stood in napa valley, california and was created by ‘artist’ sam yates in 2000. i’ve no idea whether it still stands.

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20 comments for “the filing cabinet skyscraper”

  1. It’s like porn for accountants…

    posted by startlingmoniker | 8th of October, 2007, 11:23 am

  2. I think you’ll find accountants are into regular porn like everyone else, but only far, far worse. :)
    I do not speak from personal experience.

    posted by Deano | 8th of October, 2007, 11:58 am

  3. must be the most unlikely post ever to start a conversation about porn.

    posted by deputydog | 8th of October, 2007, 12:00 pm

  4. I can’t believe it went from ‘filing cabinet sculpture’ to porn in 1 comment.

    posted by katulu | 8th of October, 2007, 3:06 pm

  5. It is a little phallic.

    Too bad it’s not truly a single filing cabinet, but several stacked.

    posted by Snuskie | 8th of October, 2007, 8:51 pm

  6. this is the illegal document filing cabinet of this administration
    ha

    posted by dude | 8th of October, 2007, 9:09 pm

  7. This leviathan still stands. I saw it about 5 months ago, and it’s on permanent exhibition there. Amazingly enough, the hole thing extends about another 60 feet below ground, so it doesn’t just topple over. Also, the drawers contain an entire shredded car.

    posted by schnitzelboi | 8th of October, 2007, 10:14 pm

  8. It’s still standing, I saw it a few weekends ago. It’s at the di Rosa Art Preserve in Napa, California. Unfortunately, when I was there, they weren’t doing a tour through the sculpture park so I couldn’t get close to it.

    posted by Whitebird | 9th of October, 2007, 2:18 am

  9. i too enjoy porn

    posted by johnny | 9th of October, 2007, 5:21 am

  10. There’s another one of these on Flynn Ave. in Burlington, VT

    posted by Lee | 9th of October, 2007, 1:32 pm

  11. @katulu: And from filing cabinets to Bush hating in a mere six posts! Ah, the webernets…so full of such intelligent induhviduals.

    posted by buckygoldstein | 9th of October, 2007, 7:20 pm

  12. dude, you consistently find THE. MOST. INTERESTING. SHIT. ON THE INTERNETS.

    posted by jowste | 11th of October, 2007, 6:51 am

  13. Oh I’ve seen that up close!
    Its at the Di Rosa Art Reserve!
    Awesome stuff there.
    (:

    posted by Debbie | 11th of October, 2007, 11:53 pm

  14. What kind of car is shredded up and stuffed inside the file cabinet?Just curious.

    posted by dakotadeb57 | 20th of October, 2007, 11:18 pm

  15. The one in Burlington VT isn’t quite as tall (it’s 37 drawers), and doesn’t seem to have a sportscar inside. I think it dates to the mid-1970s.

    I’m skeptical of the Napa one extending anywhere near sixty feet down; maybe ten or twenty. You just don’t buy much additional stability past that for something so narrow, and digging is really expensive. The Burlington cabinet is bolted to a concrete pad.

    posted by akb427 | 3rd of June, 2008, 9:05 pm


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