The Lightning Field
The Lightning Field (1977) is a Land Art work in Catron County, New Mexico, by sculptor Walter De Maria. It consists of 400 stainless steel poles with solid, pointed tips, arranged in a rectangular 1 mile × 1 kilometre grid array.
It was commissioned by Dia Art Foundation, which also maintains the work. It can only be visited by making an advance reservation for an overnight stay in the simple accommodations at the site.
While the title and form of the work suggest that it is a frequent target for lightning strikes, they are actually fairly infrequent.[1]
The Lightning Field featured prominently in the novel Blinded by the Light by Morgan Hunt. This work might also have influenced the imagery of author Cormac McCarthy's epilogue in his book Blood Meridian.[2] It is also the subject of a 2011 New Yorker article by Geoff Dyer called Poles Apart. [3]
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- ^ http://fromthefloor.blogspot.com/2004/07/pilgrimage-to-lightning-field-part-2.html
- ^ http://www.cormacmccarthy.com/journal/PDFs/Campbell.pdf Walter De Maria's Lightning Field and McCarthy's Enigmatic Epilogue: "Y que clase de lugar es este?"
- ^ http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/04/18/110418fa_fact_dyer
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Coordinates: 34°31′0.14″N 108°6′20.95″W / 34.5167056°N 108.1058194°W
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