FAH355H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Walter De Maria, The Lightning Field, Dennis Oppenheim
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There was a process involved scouted the place, etc. There are holes drilled on the exterior of these tunnels. ". Reversal between night and day: it"s an inversion of the sky/ground relationship = bringing the sky down to the earth. holt. Ephemeral position of the light moves (sense of movement) and the light is gone during the night. During the equinox the sun shines straight thru. The field was harvested in the form of an x. Withholding the crop from becoming a product. Can"t get this view without technological means. Have to know its political context to understand its simplicity. Making his artistic composition to work in the agriculture community. Art didn"t need to have a purpose to show something it was just there for its own sake. What you"re seeing is something that"s invisible. Can"t do this in a art gallery couldn"t have had its impact without being where it is now - talking about product + exchange.
