"How to describe the Utah experience...I
guess a lot of the experience was about vastness, but perhaps
not the beautiful type. Not immediately anyway...I kept finding
myself really far out in these wastelands and then suddenly being
reminded of my own precarious situation..."
-John Reed, artist-in-residence
at Wendover, pictured above on the salt flats, pondering the curvature
of the earth.
John Reed and Jennifer Odem were the first residents
to participate in the Wendover Residence Program, and we were
grateful to have them there to work out the bugs in the system.
In addition to working on art projects, John plumbed the bathroom
and helped repair the roof of the building. Both John (a sculptor
from San Diego) and Jennifer (an English sculptor living in Texas)
will return in the Spring to install the sculptures they designed
during their four week stay at the site last Summer. John also
expects to show a series of stereoscopic images in the exhibit
hall next year.
A few other residents have been selected, though
most of the next group, to fill the Spring and Summer 1998 period,
will be selected this winter. (If you are interested in applying
to the Wendover Residence Program, get your application
in as soon as possible.)
