appraisal meets anicca, book, wire, rock, 2020 - 2022
Bound to a rock cradle found atop an anonymous peak in the former mining district of the Hexie Mountains, Southern California, Examination and Valuation of Mineral Property (Addison-Wesley Press, 1949) charts the ever-changing social values as the nearby Golden Bell mining claim now functions as tourist attraction. After two years, the installation was dismantled, the book-shaped cradle which prompted the gesture continues to bear witness to the changing social and environmental dynamics of the site at large.
The book-shaped cradle which prompted the gesture continues to bear witness to the changing social and environmental dynamics of the site at large