Site specific art that comes under more scrutiny and bureaucracy than most of us could stand. Christo revels in it as part of the process and work itself. This will be the first project since the death of Jeanne-Claude that Christo will attempt to execute.
Over The River is a temporary work of art by the artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude. Christo plans to suspend 5.9 miles of silvery, luminous fabric panels high above the Arkansas River along a 40-mile stretch of the river between Salida and Cañon City in south-central Colorado. ( see the map below, part of the environmental review. )
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is now accepting comments on the Over The River Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). The 45-day comment period, which takes place from July 16-August 30, is part of the permitting process for Over The River. Public comments will help to influence the BLM’s final decision on Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s proposed temporary work of art.
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from the nytimes:
The project involves laying fabric panels along 42.4 miles of the river. The environmental review analyzed that notion to its nub — from the projected size of the crowds, to the specific spots for anchoring fabric pieces, to what the document described as “temporal considerations,” specifically the timing of the phases of construction and operation of the artwork.
Christo, whose outsize environmental constructions have made him an internationally known, but not always well-understood, figure in the art world for decades, expressed delight. An environmental assessment, he said in a telephone interview, and the struggle to get permission to make his art are in fact part of the artistic vision itself for “Over the River.”