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Title
Slab City: Reel 163
Creator
Durbin, Greg
George, Sherman
Date Created and/or Issued
September, 1991
Contributing Institution
UC San Diego, The UC San Diego Library
Collection
Slab City
Rights Information
Under copyright
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Rights Holder and Contact
Greg Durbin
Sherman George
Description
Humanities and Social Sciences
Film, Audio, Video and Digital Art
Short tape of only 3 minutes length with good shot of desolate concrete slab with trees and bushes on far side. LS of Leonard’s mountain, zoom in for MS of “God Is Love,” “Jesus, I’m a Sinner, Please Come into My Heart.” Both shots on tape are good.
UC San Diego Library, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0175 (https://library.ucsd.edu/dc/contact)
Type
moving image
Format
Videotape; 4 minutes, 30 seconds
Form/Genre
documentaries
video recordings
Identifier
ark:/20775/bb2527202q
Language
English
Subject
Salvation Mountain
Campgrounds
Concrete slabs
Military camps
Rubbish
Painting (coating)
House paint
Deserts
Earthworks (sculpture)
Outsider art
Rural areas
Religious art
Foundations (structural elements)
Landscapes (environments)
Alternative lifestyles
Sculpture (visual work)
Mountains
Documentaries
Video recordings
Salton Sea, California, United States
Niland, Imperial, California, United States
Knight, Leonard, 1931-
Place
Salton Sea, California, United States
Niland, Imperial, California, United States

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