the other "city in the desert"

karine · Post by **karine** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 6:11 pm

http://doublenegative.tarasen.net/city.html

What'ya think of that?! Anybody been there?

Box Burner · Post by **Box Burner** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 6:34 pm

Well I don't suppose he could get it ti Burning Man. Maybe a local or regional burn huh? I suppose if he was a burner we would have heard about this before.

Post by **Eric** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 7:19 pm

holy crap.

Use Google maps & go to:

38Â°01'48" N, 115Â°26'10" W
(just cut & paste the above into the "Fly to" box)

"City" is much bigger than it was in the image on the page first quoted (which provided me with the coordinates above)

Damn. I love crazy artists.

bigbluedoggy · Post by **bigbluedoggy** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 7:24 pm

38Â°01'48" N, 115Â°26'10" W Put that into Google Maps and check it out! It's HUGE!!! Very cool!

bigbluedoggy · Post by **bigbluedoggy** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 7:25 pm

oops Eric beat me to it! oh well

cowboyangel · Post by **cowboyangel** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 8:24 pm

I'll go for Marfa Texas.

Apollonaris Zeus · Post by **Apollonaris Zeus** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 9:05 pm

I can see the photo section on google earth that is on the web site that hasn't been updated 1999. The rest looks like the beginning of a golf course! Gotta find a way to fund the art I guess?

Golf Art and the marfa lights

AIIZ

Kinetik V · Post by **Kinetik V** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 9:25 pm

It's too bad it won't be open to the public until at least 2010 based on current funding. Perhaps if he opened it up a couple of times per year his revenue stream would increase and he could expand it even more.

It's still pretty damn cool, and having the Google Earth coordinates was nice.

karine · Post by **karine** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 10:52 pm

I'd be willing to be a farm hand for a weekend...

think about the big equipment a girl could use!

LeChatNoir · Post by **LeChatNoir** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 10:55 pm

Great...

Now I've got to look into getting heavy equipment just to keep her from wanting to R-U-N-N-O-F-T.

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 5:49 am

it's way too permanent looking.....will it burn?

i only like art that burns or tastes good.

karine · Post by **karine** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 7:40 am

Well, I had heard Spiral Jetty is under some danger from oil drilling. That got me started.
The idea was it would be "ruined" by nature, NOT by man...

You can check out spiral jetty at:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&g ... &z=18&om=0

and it's all over the blogosphere. For ex:
http://www.artfagcity.com/2008/01/30/br ... ing-plans/

karine · Post by **karine** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 7:55 am

and a kind of sneaky demolition happened last November in Baton Rouge :

http://greg.org/archive/2008/01/17/bf_d ... tment.html[/i]

Apollonaris Zeus · Post by **Apollonaris Zeus** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 8:06 am

Didn't we already have a thread on this "City" already?

karine · Post by **karine** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 9:45 am

Oh ! If we did, I'd love to read it. Thanks.

and if ya'all are ineterested in helping Spiral Jetty - I found this template.
http://www.diaart.org/dia/press/smithso ... Letter.pdf

You can use it to snail mail OR to email.

(now where's that thread???)

LeChatNoir · Post by **LeChatNoir** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 10:59 am

Apollonaris Zeus wrote:Didn't we already have a thread on this "City" already?

No specific thead, but it was mentioned breifly here:

http://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic.php?t=19114

BitterDan · Post by **BitterDan** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 1:11 pm

Woah, WTF is that?

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 4:43 pm

Is that a toy cement truck?

Badger · Post by **Badger** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 4:53 pm

My understanding is that he's not too keen on people just showing up and he won't let you in. In fact, I've heard first hand that he gets real pissy just trying to contact him.

Apollonaris Zeus · Post by **Apollonaris Zeus** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 5:42 pm

We should introduce him to David Best

Sounds like they have alot in common

egotistic self absorbed fucking artists

Still, Love their work should work as hard on their personalities though

BitterDan · Post by **BitterDan** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 6:26 pm

I think the funniest part about this artist is him saying, "If they build that railroad then I will bury this piece of art" and the rest of the world says, "So?".

robotland · Post by **robotland** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 6:41 am

http://www.arcosanti.org/

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 9:48 am

Badger wrote:My understanding is that he's not too keen on people just showing up and he won't let you in. In fact, I've heard first hand that he gets real pissy just trying to contact him.

That explains why he has a website?

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 7:57 pm

The city in the desert I want to see:

Badger · Post by **Badger** » Fri Feb 15, 2008 9:19 am

I'd like to have seen this before the culturally enlightened Taliban blew it up with dynamite.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jh ... wbud12.xml

MozyBonz · Post by **MozyBonz** » Fri Feb 15, 2008 9:30 am

Very sad really

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Fri Feb 15, 2008 9:47 am

They blew it up to save it.

cowboyangel · Post by **cowboyangel** » Fri Feb 15, 2008 9:52 pm

http://brightpathweb.net/inline5a.htm

this' what I'm talkin about.........Marfa Texas. Nuff said.

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 10:14 am

May I show you the original?

Badger · Post by **Badger** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 1:43 pm

this' what I'm talkin about.........Marfa Texas. Nuff said.

Got to agree. One of these days I'll make it down to see this:

http://www.chinati.org/