Description:
Spruce Goose is a single-channel video by Eric Metcalfe that compiles documentation of the Hughes H-4 Hercules airlift flying boat designed and built by Howard Hughes.
The forty-six second clip was played on a loop as part of Metcalfe’s 1977 exhibition Howard Huge.
Video documentation is available upon request.
Western Front is a non-profit artist-run centre in Vancouver.
We acknowledge the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations as traditional owners of the land upon which Western Front stands.