Art is a Destination

On researching site specific installation at the University library I came across Mount Rushmore. The stone sculptures of four presidents sits in Keystone, South Dakota. In August 1927, Gutzon Borglum dedicated his time to the carvings with a team of unemployed miners. Remarkably no one died on the site. Borglum incredible vision came to life in 1941 however Borglum life came to an end and his son took over the project. What is interesting about this project is Borglum calculated the stone sculptures would erode one inch every 10,000 years. He added three inches to the carvings so mother nature would finish the sculptures in her time.

At the start of this project I didn't think of site specific projects as permanent or that they could be so historical. It has really made me think out of the box .. art as a destination not just four walls ..