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News from the CLUI Complex in the Great
Salt Lake Desert
New Exhibit in Wendover Exhibit Hall
A new exhibit, entitled Markings: Explorations from Wendover
is on public display in the Center's exhibit hall in Wendover.
The exhibit was created by Sara Irving, a photographer from Alamagordo,
New Mexico, who spent several weeks shooting photographs in the
region, while participating in the CLUI Wendover Residence Program
in 1999.
This photography and text exhibit features images
of historical and current land uses of Wendover and surrounding
areas including; the Golden Spike Monument, local mining, Interstate
80, local casinos, military sites and the Bonneville Speedway.
Irving's images trace a portrait of Wendover as iconic western
frontier which evokes and critiques the prevailing myth of the
west as frontier. "Many of the historical and current uses of
Wendover and the surrounding area relate ideologically to the
perceptions we have of the frontier," says Irving. Irving is interested
in notions of the frontier not just in the sense of the border
of civilization but also as a limit and a site of desire and exploration.
Call the CLUI at (310) 839-5722 for information on viewing the
exhibit, including the new access codes for the exhibit hall.
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