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“A view that will never be mine,” I groused, when reading a review in Art in America<\/a><\/em> of Michael Heizer<\/a>‘s City<\/em>. Then again, I will be in good company – only 6 people a day are allowed on this large land art project, in the making since 1970 and finally opened this summer. 6 people, no less, who are able to shell out $150 for a three hour visit, after having been approved when requesting a visit via email to the Triple Aught foundation<\/a>. People who are able to fly into Nevada and willing to travel rough for many hours from Las Vegas into the desert to a secret location, and who are able walkers – no places to rest for ailing\/aging bodies on this installation, by all reports. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo : Photo Joe Rome\/\u00a9Michael Heizer and Triple Aught Foundation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo : Photo Mary Converse\/\u00a9Michael Heizer and Triple Aught Foundation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Judging from the aerial photographs, it is a pretty stunning site. A mile and a half long, with 14 miles of concrete curbing, the site contains arrangements called “complexes,” meant to resemble urban units from a long-lost civilization. Inspired by a visit to Egypt’s pyramids, the artist said \u201cIn sculpture I attempt to maintain the venerable tradition of megalithic societies.\u201d (Ref<\/a>.) The mammoth project was funded with many millions of dollars by multiple organizations and private donors, and received a helping hand in 2015 by the late Senator Harry Reid and then President Obama who proclaimed the 700,000 acres as part of the Basin and Range National Monument, protecting City<\/em> from railroad traffic and development near by (the artist had threatened to blow up the entire project if nuclear waste would be transported through the neighboring areas.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Looks epic. Looks empty. Looks contrived, like a raked graveyard for a lost culture of giants. Made more desirable, I am certain, by the imposed mystery and scarcity aspects. But also admirable given a man’s dedication for half a century to creating something that connects across history and somehow, at least judging from the publicly available photographs, into the future with its echoes of alien geoglyphs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My city views yesterday were on a more human – yet accessible! – scale. Walking along the river shortly before sunset, nature and industrial structures alike were bathed in faint orange glow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Which is where I found the Poetry Beach, a small walkway with engraved boulders celebrating the river. Water, a source of life and sustaining force. Who needs stimulation from a desert city, when urban children’s voices create meaning here and now? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Have to remind myself of the attitude that carried me for so long: there is interesting stuff to be found everywhere. <\/em>A camera is wonderful. It keeps the mind from drying out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Music today from Cesarini’s Urban Landscapes<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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