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Greg Durbin Sherman George
Description
Film, Audio, Video and Digital Art Humanities and Social Sciences Master shots of Slab City are unique here in that the camera is from a high angle; 360 degree pans, also zoom. Camera is now positioned from atop Leonard’s mountain and looking at his tractor, work area, painted words on side of mountain. Leonard arrives with several Canadian visitors and begins working with the soil and water to create his mud; he talks about his work and describes the construction process for yet another time. Shot of two kids on motorcycles riding over dirt road. During Leonard’s segment he, too, is seen on his scooter when approaching the mountain. UC San Diego Library, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0175 (https://library.ucsd.edu/dc/contact)
Type
moving image
Format
Videotape; 22 minutes, 6 seconds
Form/Genre
documentaries video recordings
Identifier
ark:/20775/bb9011902f
Language
English
Subject
Salvation Mountain Religious art Adobe (material) Rubbish House paint Foundations (structural elements) Rural areas Artists Telephoto lenses Sculpture (visual work) Campgrounds Earthworks (sculpture) Painting (coating) Military camps Concrete slabs Deserts Christianity Alternative lifestyles Mountains Landscapes (environments) Religions (concept) Mud Outsider art 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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