December 6, 2011
sleepingunderstatues: Walter de Maria. Lightning Field.  This is totally inspirational. I love the idea of creating something that you have absolutely no control over. In this piece, de Maria set up metal rods at intervals over a large span of a flat field out in the desert somewhere (I apologize for the lazy blogging). In any case, the work is all about attracting lightning and that creates the piece. I think it’s brilliant. But also totally risky if you want to go see it—because you may get struck by lightning (I don’t think this is actually true) and because you may not see any lightning at all. Then you’d be stuck looking at a bunch of metal rods sticking out of the ground. I’m in love with works that interact with the environment and shape the environment to create an experience. I think it’s amazingly powerful. This is why conceptual artists are really intelligent in my mind—I’m not sure I could ever pull off something like this.  I also love the idea of the pilgrimage that you’d have to take to see this. It’s asking a lot of your audience but I believe it really does make the experience that much more powerful.

sleepingunderstatues:

Walter de Maria. Lightning Field. 

This is totally inspirational. I love the idea of creating something that you have absolutely no control over. In this piece, de Maria set up metal rods at intervals over a large span of a flat field out in the desert somewhere (I apologize for the lazy blogging). In any case, the work is all about attracting lightning and that creates the piece. I think it’s brilliant. But also totally risky if you want to go see it—because you may get struck by lightning (I don’t think this is actually true) and because you may not see any lightning at all. Then you’d be stuck looking at a bunch of metal rods sticking out of the ground.

I’m in love with works that interact with the environment and shape the environment to create an experience. I think it’s amazingly powerful. This is why conceptual artists are really intelligent in my mind—I’m not sure I could ever pull off something like this. 

I also love the idea of the pilgrimage that you’d have to take to see this. It’s asking a lot of your audience but I believe it really does make the experience that much more powerful.

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