Working for organisers Frieze Events, the Summit team of up to eight riggers led by Jay Call suspended over seven kilometres of steel wire rope in the ceilings of the four main tented venues. This consisted of catenary wires at two different heights, a lower one to accommodate the false ceiling and a higher one for suspending heating and air conditioning ducts and other elements of plant.
They did the same in six additional subsidiary tents - all supplied by Owen Brown. The work was completed over a two week period, with Summit going in after the construction of each of the tents was completed. The largest tent measured 200 metres long by 40 wide. Summit also installed trussing strictures to facilitate the rigging of lighting and projection equipment into the Auditorium tent.
Another major section of their work was the provision of suspension points and drop lines in five of the major galleries - the 303 Gallery, Greengrassi, Marianne Boesky, Barbel Graslin and Lehmann Maupin - which were used to suspend and rig assorted different artworks.
(Jim Evans)
