Work of Wendover Residence
Program On Display CLUI Exhibit Hall in Wendover, Utah
An Exhibition of Work by recent participants
in the Center's Wendover Residence Program is currently
on display at the CLUI's Exhibit Hall in Wendover, Utah.
The exhibit of original photographs and documentation
of work is open to the public 24 hours a day.
Featured in
the exhibit are sixteen large format photographs by Jennifer
Steensma, a photographer from Michigan who created a series
of photos entitled Terra Incognita which recontextualize military
and industrial forms as formal abstractions, resembling works
of land art like that of Nancy Holt and Robert Smithson, who
used this region of Utah for large scale works in the1970s.
Documentation
of the site-specific work of other artists in the program
is displayed as well, including the work of sculptors Jennifer
Odem and John Reed (from Texas and California, respectively),
who built wind propelled kinetic sculptures which were placed
on the vast surrounding salt flats and left to wander across
the landscape; Jeremy Kunkel (Los Angeles) who installed five
camera obscuras in the Wendover area; German sculptor Alice
Konitz who modified a house trailer, utilizing reflective
foil and plexiglass, involving the harsh sun of this remote
desert region to create a eternally sun-baked installation;
and artist Kelly Coyne (San Diego) who sent a rocket propelled
camera 700 feet into the air for a series of aerial photos
entitled Tragic Trajectories.
Since being
initiated in1997, the Center for Land Use Interpretation's
Wendover Artist in Residence Program has been able to provide
time, space, and material assistance for numerous artists,
researchers and scientists, all working in original ways,
and stimulated by a unique environment. This show contains
work created during the first round of residencies and reflects
the great diversity of Wendover Residence Program participants
- sculptors, photographers, conceptual artists, and scientists
have all made this remarkable landscape their home and workshop
during the past two years.
