Michael Heizer’s Earth Art is Bigger than Yours - the LARGEST Land Art
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- Опубліковано 22 вер 2023
- Michael Heizer is a groundbreaking Land Artist. Here we take a deeper dive into some of his most significant projects.
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Gotta admit, my first thought when this video started was... "Man... The stress really has gotten to James Somerton since that hbomberguy video huh?"
Forgive me! That was only my 5th or 6th video ever. I hope the production values have improved!
Fantastic video, Mr. West! I was curious about Heizer, but now I'm going to explore all your other videos. Thanks for a thorough and approachable dive into this topic
Thank you! I really appreciate the comment. I’m still fairly new at this, but hopefully improving little by little.
Visited Double Negative couple of years ago, and the drive there was an adventure in itself. That broken line has become geology of the land, and climbing down into it, going through layers of rocks is thrilling for experiencing art and for a geologist.
Same trip also took me to James Turrell's Roden Crater, Nancy Holt's Sun Tunnel, and Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty. Great road trip the require a sense of direction, and would recommend a vehicle with good tires and suspension. Very different experience than driving to the museum or gallery in town.
This trip sounds like a dream to me!
great video dude. good job at giving context, a bit of history, and clearly laying it all out. cheers
I really appreciate it. Thanks so much!
Thank you for covering this topic. I appreciate your succinct description of Heizer's emergence onto the art scene. I am currently researching "City" for my thesis in furniture design and I found your video to be very helpful.
I really appreciate that. Thank you for commenting. And watching!
No thoughts on Heizer - first time I have heard of him. Thanks to you ☺
I appreciate it!
Interesting. I found your video after reading a piece in The New Yorker (Nov. 23, 2023) comparing this art and The Sphere in Las Vegas. Is there a comparison?
I wouldn’t have thought so! Maybe if comparing two opposites.
I would categorize "City" as "liminal artwork."
Much like liminal spaces, it has to capture that eerie, uncanny feeling, and needs to be large enough for one to be physically lost in.
It's superb.
Very well said. And the reason I think they limit the number of visitors to just a few per day.
@@christopherwestpresents That make sense!
It's a shame that he don't allow people to take photos-part of it feels like gatekeeping, in the sense of "one must experience this as only I, the artist intended", which, I can sympathize with that desire, but like....
....he allows people to sketch, draw, and paint what they see. Buy why not photography? I'm not talking about selfies or the usual superficial "I was here" stuff, but actual, artistic photographs.
.... I'm _very_ opinionated about art and its relationship to class and status, and I need to cut myself short before I write an essay or something. 😂
applied for tickets for City a few months back. Fingers crossed.
Oh man. I hope you get them! So jealous.
amazing
Agreed!
God can you imagine getting lost in the Nevada desert and seeing City?
It’s kind of a dream of mine!
As a civil engineer, I'm fascinated by earth art!
I hope to visit ‘The City’ soon!
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Good luck!!! 😀 I hope you're able to get a ticket.
Controversial or not, it has an unique beauty to it.
I’m really hoping to see it one day!
it is very hard to make a reservation to visit the City. I have tried in 2023 but didn't get it. I missed the application period in 2024. I hope I will have a chance in 2025.
I’ve tried and failed too! Hopefully we’ll have different luck soon!
Double Negative is one of my favorite art works. I just saw a photo in a museums catalog and I thought that was the coolest idea ever. It took my another 25 years or so to finally see it in person.
I hope to see it one day!
It’s the set for Dune
Indeed!
Huh. Neat.
Thanks for watching!
Bothers me how many Americans can't say Nevada correctly. It's a useful shibboleth to see who's from the east coast.
Ha. Fair enough!
If there are any fans of Michael Heizer, I'm confident they are not on UA-cam.
I’ve got a small channel - but it’s still my 4th most popular video with over 5000 views. So even though that’s a tiny number by UA-cam standards, I might disagree!
You say Nevada wrong... 😢
My apologies.
This is like people who gloat over giant wind & solar projects defiling the desert, and don't blink when they tell you it's "green" progress. The land has been developed far too much already for human wants. Leave it alone.
The land will reclaim it one day.
There's a lot of psychological and economic baggage baked into "City" which in the end drains away its effectiveness and value as art. It reeks of entitlement, elitism, and the potential wastefulness of American-style capitalism.
The only way it can remain intact is by imposing a paramilitary presence bent on keeping the curious away with the threat of police action and bodily injury. In this way it contradicts the spirit of most successful art: that of invitation and access by the community. Clearly this meta-narrative must have been considered-and embraced-by Heizer. The site is designed to exclude people, which, given the fact that it lies within a profoundly communal presence (wild desert), smacks of pretension and exhibits a profound misunderstanding about the artist's role in society.
The whole thing is confused, hostile, and ultimately a windmill tilt by a madman who has managed to con a lot of money out of people engorged by capitalistic excess.
I think that’s a fair contemporary view. I can’t believe that was Heizer’s intention when he started.
@@christopherwestpresents Well as all know artists' true intentions are often orthogonal to the art's impact and meaning. As an interesting side note, Dwan's money was inherited from the 3M corp ... who themselves were responsible for widespread environmental destruction and blatant disregard for human safety. This whole thing just feels creepy.
@@christopherwestpresents btw - this video spurred on my comment about exclusion. Barbed wire is no joke: ua-cam.com/video/z8NeLk8szcs/v-deo.html
Funny, haven't heard you dump on the pyramids. Their construction and use should have raised your hackles long ago.
Something doesnt add up. Call me a crackpot but what the heck is going on here? Only 6 people a day? How is that profitable considering the 50 year investment. Whats the cost per person?
And than the Obama White House declared 700,000 acres around this place a nationaly protected land?
Just doesnt add up. Not that i have a fun conspiracy for ya. But theres definitely something else about this land.
I don’t think making money was ever the intention. And Obama was around 10 when Heizer started this project - so that would be one heck of a conspiracy.
@@christopherwestpresents sorry, you misunderstood. Obama did this in 2015. It was not when he was 10, but when he was president. He made it nationally protected land. Can't link here but there's in LA times article on it.
Art isn't about profit? What about people seeing the art? Is that also not important? You spend untold amounts of money and 50 years of your life, and then only charge 6 people a day to see it? Even if he's got the finest partons, don't you want more than 6 people to see it? Fishy.
@@christopherwestpresents but Obama did make it national land in 2015! Ha. Not at 10yo but as president. And even if it's not about money, what about exposure? 6 people a day?? Smells fishy.
It's about burning money for its own sake. It's a drain on society... and gives little to nothing back. It's grotesque.
Maybe the site isn't about profit. Maybe the best way to experience the site is from the air. No, I take that back. A combination of air and walking.