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Michael Cohill

@michaelcohill

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Akron, Ohio
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The first minute or so from my part in @polymer330’s “Lighter—Than—Air”. My first video part in 7 years filmed between 2023-2025 after three knee surgeries all brought to life by @braun.dv. Link in bio for the full length. taken in Akron, Ohio by @michaelcohill

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3 months ago

@Michaelcohill back 5-0s the plaque of Dale Chihuly’s Polymer sculpture outside of the Goodyear Polymer Center at the University of Akron, one of the most recognizable buildings in Akron’s skyline.

Designed by architect Richard Fleischman, the Polymer building was finished in 1991 and marked a shift from Akron’s rubber manufacturing past to it’s future as a hub in Northeast Ohio’s “Polymer Valley”. A natural progression since rubber was the first polymer.

In 2005, a 30 foot polyurethane and stainless-steel sculpture by artist Dale Chihuly was installed outside of the building. 83 individual forms mounted to a central armature stretch to the sky. Polymers, reimagined as public art.

Polymer isn’t just a name. It’s where we’re from.

1. @michaelcohill 📷 @braun.dv
2. @michaelcohill from “Lighter—Than—Air” 🎥 @braun.dv
3. Above angle of Dale Chihuly’s Polymer sculpture
4. Timelapse of sculpture being built
5. Plaque of sculpture
6. The Goodyear Polymer Center upon completion 1991
7. Preliminary sketch of the building by architect Richard Fleischman
8. Polymer Center under construction
9. Airships over Polymer Center 2002
10-11. Pages from Fleischman’s book “Spaces To Be Shared”
12. Synthetic rubber plaque outside the Polymer Center
13. @michaelcohill 📷 @braun.dv taken in Goodyear Polymer Center by @michaelcohill

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5 months ago

Filming plaza legend @_rossnorman_ at Federal in 2022 as seen in the @polymer330 “Lighter—Than—Air” Federal montage. Copies still available. Full video online soon. taken in Akron, Ohio by @michaelcohill

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6 months ago

Feeling very grateful to be included in “Pretty Gritty” at The University of Akron’s Emily Davis Gallery. This is my first time displaying photographic work in many moons.

You will also find @polymer330’s “Lighter—Than—Air” showing in the gallery directed by @braun.dv along with his poster design work in collaboration with @mike_chinner. It is surreal to see my name amongst such talented folk.

Opening reception tomorrow Thursday March 19 5-7.

Many many thanks to @arnie_photo @melissa_stallard @emily_davis_gallery and everyone else getting this awesome show together. taken in Emily Davis Gallery by @michaelcohill

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7 months ago

Super 8 of Jake’s ollies into the plaque for Robert Morris’s Untitled, as seen in Lighter—Than—Air’s Federal section playing over at @theoriesofatlantis’s YouTube. Installed in 1979, Morris’s sculpture consists of six granite blocks grouped in pairs, each spaced 3.5 inches apart and set by crane. It’s been quietly sitting in the background of clips for decades.
1. My raw Super 8
2. Clip from Lighter-Than-Air 🎥 @braun.dv
3. Untitled model via Smithsonian American Art Museum
4. ABJ photograph via Summit Memory

@polymer330 polymerskateboarding.com taken in Akron, Ohio by @michaelcohill

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8 months ago

Forgot to capture the second angle of @garykdean’s big ole front nose off the 2100 before the editing process whoops.

@garykdean and @braun.dv as seen in the Federal section from “Lighter-Than-Air” playing now at over at @theoriesofatlantis’s YouTube.

@polymer330 polymerskateboarding.com by @michaelcohill

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9 months ago

Interview with @braun.dv and myself by @mystaticlife on the making of @polymer330’s Lighter—Than—Air live on @theoriesofatlantis’s website. Tap in to hear about the process behind the video. Grateful for everyone who helped bring this together.
Interview layout: @braun.dv
Photos: @mike_chinner, @braun.dv, and @jake_grella_ @mijomarc taken in Akron, Ohio by @michaelcohill

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9 months ago

One week out from Lighter—Than—Air. The first skate video to premiere in Akron since 2018. Opportunities to support local skateboarding here don’t come around often, so this one means a lot.

Huge thanks to @nightlightakron for hosting us in their amazing space.

@polymer330 taken in The Nightlight by @michaelcohill

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10 months ago

Best spot.
🎥 @p1brand taken in Los Angeles, California by @michaelcohill

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2 years ago

October in the Railroad Earth. A rainy afternoon in Altoona PA, “Railroad City”, where my great grandfather, John Loudon Cohill, was born and raised like his family before him. His mother’s side of the family, the Loudon’s, were one of the oldest families in Altoona, living in the area before the city was established. Today I visited their grave’s for the first time in the city’s oldest cemetery. My great grandfather was named after his grandfather and since then there has been a John Loudon Cohill in every generation of my family. I also visited the house of my great grandfather’s uncle, George Loudon, where John lived after his mother died young.

The Cohill family, like many families, made their way to Akron via the rubber industry. John Loudon Cohill worked for Firestone Tire and Rubber for 40+ years, eventually becoming a vice president after the Second World War. We’ve been here ever since. taken in Altoona, Pennsylvania by @michaelcohill

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2 years ago

Fallen Tobacco Barn 2020 Washington County, Ohio.
Printed by hand at @communitydarkroomofakron 2024.
#VivitarPN2011 #IlfordHP5 #FiberBased taken in Washington County by @michaelcohill

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2 years ago

🇲🇽Beach bumming down in Baja California and the Sea of Cortez with @lildumptrack and @hashtagjakeallread🇲🇽 taken in Bahía de Concepción by @michaelcohill

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3 years ago