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Construction for Arkansas River Art Project to Begin Next Fall
--Chad Love
You may recall a few weeks ago, the almost universal comment panning that Field Notes readers gave a proposed art project over the Arkansas River. Alas, there obviously were no Field Notes readers in the "deciders" division of the Bureau of Land Management, because the BLM just approved artist Christo Vladimirov Javacheff's plan to cover around six miles of water on the Arkansas River with sheets of fabric that look like water. Because it's...art.
From this story in the Pueblo (CO) Chieftain:
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management on Thursday released the final environmental impact statement for New York artist Christo's Over The River project, paving the way for the plan to proceed if final approval comes this fall. After 2 1/2 years of study, the approved form is much how Christo envisioned the grand-scale artwork. It will allow for the suspension of eight silvery, luminous fabric panel segments totaling 5.9 miles over portions of the Arkansas River between Salida and Canon City. Christo has projected a $50 million cost to build the grand art display. The final report projects that Over the River will generate $121 million in economic impact and draw 400,000 visitors during construction and display. The Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area, from Leadville to Pueblo, attracts more than 740,000 visitors in a normal year. Construction is anticipated to begin next year and culminate with a two-week display in August 2014.
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Comments (18)
Am I understanding this correctly — a government agency spent 2 1/2 years deciding whether or not this is a good idea, and this is the decision they came to?
Yet another indication of how our government is completely in the crapper.
WTH? I can't even think one single thought of howe this is any kind of a good Idea. I get more disapointed with our government every day.
The fact that this jagov "artist" has only one name should have been enough to laugh him out of the room. You cannot enhance the beauty of a river by covering it up.
The idea itself is totally stupid. I cannot see this as any kind of art work, maybe silliness!
This makes as much sense as spanking a porcupine.
According to his website, this is only going to be up for two weeks. The bigger question is what the impact will be of the heavy equipment needed to set it up and take it down. Obviously, that could be much greater than the impact of having translucent fabric hanging above a river for two weeks.
Overall though, this isn't nearly as big an environmental problem that say, processing tar sands oil or hydraulic fracking is. I hope that everyone panning this idea shows at least as much contempt for those activities.
That is one of the most Beutifel stretches of rode and river I have ever seen, I was down that way several times while I lived in Colorado Springs, and there is no way that covering it will make it look better. This dude's "art" will never even come close to what God already put there.
This chrisco is a fool. Is this stretch of river in a state park? If so how is this fair to the people who use this river and enjoy its beauty every day. How are the deer suppose to drink from the stream. How are the birds of prey going to catch fish from the river. Leave it to some dumb ace "artist" from New york city to waste a ton of money to ruin something that is perfect the way it is. Wouldn't the money being wasted on this asinine project be better spent for cancer research or feeding the hungry or funding childrens hospitals or scholarships. What a waste.
Let this nut make his "art?" in the big city. Most of them are already cesspools. Leave that environment be what it is.
City-boy needs to keep his a$$ in the city, and leave his 'art' in a museum where it belongs.
REALLY??!! This p!sses me off on so many levels! The people of that area should do everything in their power to make it as miserable as possible for this idiot and especially for the people who show up to praise it!
This is just nuts.
the artists have an FAQ regarding wildlife and other stuff including Myths & Facts on their website:
http://www.overtheriverinfo.com/index.php/about-over-the-river/mitigatio...
can't say whether I approve or disapprove of it (they have done "art" of this scale in other wild places), but it is temporary. check this "fence" out and tell me it didn't affect wildlife?
http://www.christojeanneclaude.net/major_fence.shtml
I also asked myself the question; Why do this? I don't know. It's art.
well, upon further examination, I do have some concern about the length of time it will take to build it:
http://www.overtheriverinfo.com/index.php/about-over-the-river/installin...
2 YEARS to build? only 2 weeks to view it? and then 2-3 months to deconstruct it?
HUH? Oh man...
with our government in quite possibly it's biggest financial challenge ever, it seems totally ludicrous to fund such a worthless project. as a resident of colorado i would be ashamed to show anyone this monstrosity. does the blm have no congressional oversight, or is congress too busy trying to figure out how to borrow the money to fund this budget sink-hole? wtf???
As a Canon City resident, I have done some research on this project and there are several ways to look at it. The "art" aspect, which will provide tourists something more to look at, as if that stretch of road needs more! That is one of the most beautiful strips of highway I have ever been on! But, on the other hand, it could provide some local residents with job opportunities. This doesn't change the fact that it is still a senseless piece of "art" which will cause who knows how many vehicles to drive off the hwy into the Arkansas river!!!
Sabotage.
it should be noted that according to the artist, no funding comes from anyone other than himself. it's just such an odd endeavor... someone smarter than me in regards to "art" would have to convince me.
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Am I understanding this correctly — a government agency spent 2 1/2 years deciding whether or not this is a good idea, and this is the decision they came to?
Yet another indication of how our government is completely in the crapper.
The fact that this jagov "artist" has only one name should have been enough to laugh him out of the room. You cannot enhance the beauty of a river by covering it up.
That is one of the most Beutifel stretches of rode and river I have ever seen, I was down that way several times while I lived in Colorado Springs, and there is no way that covering it will make it look better. This dude's "art" will never even come close to what God already put there.
WTH? I can't even think one single thought of howe this is any kind of a good Idea. I get more disapointed with our government every day.
The idea itself is totally stupid. I cannot see this as any kind of art work, maybe silliness!
This makes as much sense as spanking a porcupine.
According to his website, this is only going to be up for two weeks. The bigger question is what the impact will be of the heavy equipment needed to set it up and take it down. Obviously, that could be much greater than the impact of having translucent fabric hanging above a river for two weeks.
Overall though, this isn't nearly as big an environmental problem that say, processing tar sands oil or hydraulic fracking is. I hope that everyone panning this idea shows at least as much contempt for those activities.
This chrisco is a fool. Is this stretch of river in a state park? If so how is this fair to the people who use this river and enjoy its beauty every day. How are the deer suppose to drink from the stream. How are the birds of prey going to catch fish from the river. Leave it to some dumb ace "artist" from New york city to waste a ton of money to ruin something that is perfect the way it is. Wouldn't the money being wasted on this asinine project be better spent for cancer research or feeding the hungry or funding childrens hospitals or scholarships. What a waste.
Let this nut make his "art?" in the big city. Most of them are already cesspools. Leave that environment be what it is.
City-boy needs to keep his a$$ in the city, and leave his 'art' in a museum where it belongs.
REALLY??!! This p!sses me off on so many levels! The people of that area should do everything in their power to make it as miserable as possible for this idiot and especially for the people who show up to praise it!
This is just nuts.
the artists have an FAQ regarding wildlife and other stuff including Myths & Facts on their website:
http://www.overtheriverinfo.com/index.php/about-over-the-river/mitigatio...
can't say whether I approve or disapprove of it (they have done "art" of this scale in other wild places), but it is temporary. check this "fence" out and tell me it didn't affect wildlife?
http://www.christojeanneclaude.net/major_fence.shtml
I also asked myself the question; Why do this? I don't know. It's art.
well, upon further examination, I do have some concern about the length of time it will take to build it:
http://www.overtheriverinfo.com/index.php/about-over-the-river/installin...
2 YEARS to build? only 2 weeks to view it? and then 2-3 months to deconstruct it?
HUH? Oh man...
with our government in quite possibly it's biggest financial challenge ever, it seems totally ludicrous to fund such a worthless project. as a resident of colorado i would be ashamed to show anyone this monstrosity. does the blm have no congressional oversight, or is congress too busy trying to figure out how to borrow the money to fund this budget sink-hole? wtf???
As a Canon City resident, I have done some research on this project and there are several ways to look at it. The "art" aspect, which will provide tourists something more to look at, as if that stretch of road needs more! That is one of the most beautiful strips of highway I have ever been on! But, on the other hand, it could provide some local residents with job opportunities. This doesn't change the fact that it is still a senseless piece of "art" which will cause who knows how many vehicles to drive off the hwy into the Arkansas river!!!
Sabotage.
it should be noted that according to the artist, no funding comes from anyone other than himself. it's just such an odd endeavor... someone smarter than me in regards to "art" would have to convince me.
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