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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
 Posted - 09/25/2009 : 07:26:30
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What on Earth? # 74: City of Sand
This huge, precisely planned and executed complex of structures (pay no attention to the dark, rectangular farm) has been under construction for nearly four decades.
1. What is it for?
2. Where is it, and what's its name?
3. Who's building it?
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
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Edited by - HalfMooner on 09/25/2009 08:35:16
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steinhenge
Skeptic Friend
USA
69 Posts |
Posted - 09/25/2009 : 08:44:04 [Permalink]
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| pay no attention to the dark, rectangular farm |
Nuh-uh! I'm gonna!
That actually looks suspiciously like a solar farm to me. It's probably not, but that's all I have.
I'm starting to suspect that you're trying to kill me with these challenges. To quote my father from an "essay" he wrote his senior year in high school, in regards to a classmate's impropriety toward him, "That boy temp me!" |
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Hal
Skeptic Friend
USA
302 Posts |
Posted - 09/25/2009 : 08:45:33 [Permalink]
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1. This is a work of "earth art",
2. in Lincoln County, Nevada, called "City"
3. It is being constructed by the artist Michael Heizer
Further information from the wiki article:
| City attempts to synthesize ancient monuments, Minimalism and industrial technology. The work derives inspiration from Mississippian mounds, Mesoamerican ball courts and Pre-Columbian sites like La Venta as well as Modernism. Heizer also cites an interest in the ceremonial squares and associated civic monuments of cites. |
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Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
Martin Luther King Jr.
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| Edited by - Hal on 09/25/2009 08:46:59 |
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steinhenge
Skeptic Friend
USA
69 Posts |
Posted - 09/25/2009 : 08:54:51 [Permalink]
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That's amazing. I considered the idea of it being an art installation but discarded the notion because of the size. I'm familiar with Heizer's Charmstone, as I visit the Menil here in Houston several times a year.
And of course, in Google Earth it's obvious that the farm is a normal farm, and the "black" fields are green. |
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Hal
Skeptic Friend
USA
302 Posts |
Posted - 09/25/2009 : 08:59:40 [Permalink]
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I love this quote by Heizer:
"As long as you're going to make a sculpture,
why not make one that competes with a 747, or
the Empire State Building, or the Golden Gate Bridge." |
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Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
Martin Luther King Jr.
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 09/25/2009 : 09:11:43 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by steinhenge
| pay no attention to the dark, rectangular farm |
Nuh-uh! I'm gonna!
That actually looks suspiciously like a solar farm to me. It's probably not, but that's all I have.
I'm starting to suspect that you're trying to kill me with these challenges. To quote my father from an "essay" he wrote his senior year in high school, in regards to a classmate's impropriety toward him, "That boy temp me!"
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No, it looks peculiar now, but before I hyped up the contrast, that farm looked like green fields. Really, nothing there is any kind of hint that I'm aware of. Don't get all tempted.
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
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steinhenge
Skeptic Friend
USA
69 Posts |
Posted - 09/25/2009 : 09:12:44 [Permalink]
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| That's a great quote. The husband of one of my wife's co-workers works at the Menil book store, so I'll have to go by there and grab whatever large, over priced book they have on Heizer. |
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 09/25/2009 : 09:24:52 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Hal
1. This is a work of "earth art",
2. in Lincoln County, Nevada, called "City"
3. It is being constructed by the artist Michael Heizer
Further information from the wiki article:
| City attempts to synthesize ancient monuments, Minimalism and industrial technology. The work derives inspiration from Mississippian mounds, Mesoamerican ball courts and Pre-Columbian sites like La Venta as well as Modernism. Heizer also cites an interest in the ceremonial squares and associated civic monuments of cites. |
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Damn! You made it look too easy, again! Correct, Hal, for three more points!
Here's what Wiki has to say about "City."
The standings:- Hal, 25 points
- steinhenge, 11 points
- bngbuck, 7 points
- Hawks, 5.5 points
- lorddix, 4 points
- Randy, 3 points
- sailinsoul, 3 points
- Dave W., 2 points
- Simon, 2 points
(Ties are listed in alphabetical order.)
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
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WoE # 74: City of Sand
