A synopsis by way of explanation before you start to read...

Hi, I'm Lucy. I started my blog July 2009, to document my journey across the American West, and it now forms an archive of the Land Arts of The American West program 2009. As you can read below the journey took me far and wide with wonderful people, seeing wonderful places. When we returned from travelling we had 3 crazy weeks to put a show together. In that time I printed many photos and did 2 installations "off-site" i.e. away from the gallery space. One in an abandoned phone booth and one under a stairwell, both in different spaces within the University of New Mexico (UNM) campus. The tumble weed and barbed wire piece evolved further when I met The Chuppers - an electronic arts ensemble based in a wonderful recording studio filled with weird and wonderful hybrid instruments forged together from old and new technology. The Chuppers saw my piece under the stairs and were inspired to create music and video projection with my piece which I then in turn decided to "perform" for an audience. Around 40 or so people joined us on the night of the 18th Novemeber our audio, visual and corporeal performance...all of which is documented in my blog. This Blog has formed part of the Land Arts 2009 show at John Sommers Gallery, UNM.

Wednesday, 9 September 2009

Time to update!

I've been out of range for a good 10 days, but I'm now here in Wendover, Nevada. As I sit here I amsipping a glass of wine facing the anola gay airport hanger, opposite a military zone, behind me are mountains, in front of me are the bonneville salt flats, and to the side of me is the twon of wendover a drinking, gambling and prosituting blip of a toenm which people are flown into and flown out of for weekends of low bugdet indulgence. The whole thing is amazing and seeing it through the perspective of CLUI - centre of land use interpretation is amazing. CLUI was established about 10 years ago patly because of the amazing cultural position wendover occupies as a mid way point between new york and san fran it played an important role in communications, firtsly throught he pony express then as the midway point for the telegraph and then the telephone. CLUI amongst other things offer artists resdiencies which have produced some amazing work with slants on communications, environmentalism, polictics, culture, art, history.

Before getting here on Monday we have already had an amazing trip! I'm being called for dinner so I'm gonna post a load of photos next time I'm on.
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  1. dneeze10 September 2009 at 20:39

    hello lucy... greetings from Vancouver!! It's wonderful to read your blogs. It sounds like you are having a great time.....what a wonderful experience. errrmmmm...... what's the significance of the red telephone?? I wonder aloud!! :)

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