Canadian Art

We covered alot of material today... but I just love hearing about performance art and public art in all its different forms. Weirdly, it wasn't the performance art by Tagny Duff that stuck with me today, it was the mention that they are in the process of deciding what to do with the spiral jetty.

WHAT?

They are thinking of moving it? How is that even a thought that goes through peoples minds. You can't move something like that  - Robert Smithson chose that location for a reason, it's site specific.

Yea, maybe some years its underwater and maybe its starting to return to the earth - but you know what? That's the whole thing with earthworks art... They are made from the earth and they will eventually return to the earth. That's what is so beautiful about this type of work, it doesn't last forever. It's not the Mona Lisa, no one can (or should) put it in a bullet proof frame and force people to line up to see it, only to be disappointing by how much build up there was for something that isnt really all that astounding (no offense anyone).

Maybe i am getting a bit locked on to this, but I just can't understand how someone would think that it would be a good idea to try to relocate the spiral jetty. I mean sure, maybe you want your grandchildren to be able to see it. But you know what? If that is the case, then they can look at pictures of it just like most people do. It's not like it is the most accessible artwork, its not supposed to be easily seen by the whole world. I still respect and appreciate and enjoy it as an artwork without having ever seen it in person.

Why can't that be enough?