Coming to Los Angeles theatres this Friday, September 5: LEVITATED MASS
Doug Pray’s chronicle of the creation of Michael Heizer’s sculpture made its debut at the Los Angeles Film Festival last year. It went on to screen at DOC NYC, Florida, Cleveland, Napa Valley, Martha’s Vineyard, and Sebastopol Doc, among others.
I wrote about the film for DOC NYC’s program, saying:
Last year, renowned contemporary artist Michael Heizer saw the realization of a project first conceived in 1968 – the suspension of an enormous boulder above a walkway. This new film by Doug Pray (ART & COPY, SCRATCH, SURFWISE) captures the logistical hurdles and sheer spectacle of the 340-ton granite rock’s eleven-day road trip from a quarry across 105 miles, through 22 cities, to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art for its installation. Along the way, curious, bemused, and even angry onlookers reflect on the nature of art in society.
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