Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Idea for Earthworks Performance: The Beautification Project
The Uniform: close approximations of what the artists wore when creating these sculptures gleaned from old photographs.
Cleaning and restoration:
Visit Home Depot once arriving in SLC.
Buy graffiti removal, lawn care equipment, etc.
Weed & mow around earthworks (knowing full well that this is a desert and there won't be grass).
Donate all equipment to the Chinati Foundation at the end of the trip.
Mission Accomplished.
The element of domesticity combined with the masculine ideology behind these works is worthy of exploring.
Cleaning and restoration:
Visit Home Depot once arriving in SLC.
Buy graffiti removal, lawn care equipment, etc.
Weed & mow around earthworks (knowing full well that this is a desert and there won't be grass).
Donate all equipment to the Chinati Foundation at the end of the trip.
Mission Accomplished.
The element of domesticity combined with the masculine ideology behind these works is worthy of exploring.
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
what i've found out about Lightning Field
It's a three hour drive from Albuquerque to the middle of nowhere. A caretaker hired by DIA then drives you another hour to the site. It's best to go midweek early in the visiting season because you share the cabin with a total of six other people - unless we want the shared experience with others. The cabin does have three bedrooms and two baths though. Do I sound like a travel agent yet?
It's windy as hell with rugged terrain = no high heels.
Proposed Itinerary
Day 1: Fly to Salt Lake City and find a motel.
Day 2: Drive approximately 100 miles to Golden Spike National Monument and Spiral Jetty. Spend a full day there and return to a motel somewhere near there off I-15 or back in SLC.
Day 3: Motel in Wendover, Utah. See the Bonneville Salt Flats and CLUI.
Day 4: Lucin, Utah - Nancy Holt's Sun Tunnels. Start the drive to Panguitch, Utah (approximately 5 hours) and find a motel there as it is the Gateway to Bryce Canyon.
Day 5: Bryce Canyon National Park. Stay in Cedar City, Utah.
Day 6: Zion National Park - if that takes a long time, we can stay in St. George or drive all the way to Overton.
Day 7: Double Negative. Stay in Overton.
Day 8: Lake Meade and Las Vegas (roughly an hour away from Overton).
Day 9: Las Vegas.
Day 10: Hoover Dam & West Rim Sky Walk of the Grand Canyon. Stay somewhere near or in Grand Canyon National Park (DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS? OR DOES IAN?)
Day 11: More Grand Canyon during the day. Stay in Flagstaff that night.
Day 12: Roden Crater. Stay in Flagstaff that night encore.
Day 13: Drive through Petrified National Forest to Quemado, New Mexico (4-5 hours from Flagstaff).
Day 14: Lightning Field (45 minutes from Quemado).
Day 15: Albuquerque (3 hours from Lightning Field).
Day 16: Albuquerque? or drive to Santa Fe.
Day 17: Santa Fe.
Day 18: Santa Fe to Amarillo (5 hour drive).
Day 19: Cadillac Ranch and Amarillo Ramp.
Day 20: Amarillo to Marfa (8 hours).
Day 21: Marfa!!
Day 22: Marfa to El Paso spending significant time swimming at Balmorhea State Park.
Day 23: Leave El Paso.
Day 2: Drive approximately 100 miles to Golden Spike National Monument and Spiral Jetty. Spend a full day there and return to a motel somewhere near there off I-15 or back in SLC.
Day 3: Motel in Wendover, Utah. See the Bonneville Salt Flats and CLUI.
Day 4: Lucin, Utah - Nancy Holt's Sun Tunnels. Start the drive to Panguitch, Utah (approximately 5 hours) and find a motel there as it is the Gateway to Bryce Canyon.
Day 5: Bryce Canyon National Park. Stay in Cedar City, Utah.
Day 6: Zion National Park - if that takes a long time, we can stay in St. George or drive all the way to Overton.
Day 7: Double Negative. Stay in Overton.
Day 8: Lake Meade and Las Vegas (roughly an hour away from Overton).
Day 9: Las Vegas.
Day 10: Hoover Dam & West Rim Sky Walk of the Grand Canyon. Stay somewhere near or in Grand Canyon National Park (DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS? OR DOES IAN?)
Day 11: More Grand Canyon during the day. Stay in Flagstaff that night.
Day 12: Roden Crater. Stay in Flagstaff that night encore.
Day 13: Drive through Petrified National Forest to Quemado, New Mexico (4-5 hours from Flagstaff).
Day 14: Lightning Field (45 minutes from Quemado).
Day 15: Albuquerque (3 hours from Lightning Field).
Day 16: Albuquerque? or drive to Santa Fe.
Day 17: Santa Fe.
Day 18: Santa Fe to Amarillo (5 hour drive).
Day 19: Cadillac Ranch and Amarillo Ramp.
Day 20: Amarillo to Marfa (8 hours).
Day 21: Marfa!!
Day 22: Marfa to El Paso spending significant time swimming at Balmorhea State Park.
Day 23: Leave El Paso.
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