Well Tower
The Well Tower: An Instrument for Looking (2018)
Permanently installed at Art Farm, Nebraska
Bricks, mortar, wood, steel, mirrored glass
4’ x 12’ x 16’ tall, 6’ deep
Built by hand from salvaged bricks and steel, this folly was left on the prairie to become a ruin. Intrepid wanderers may climb the mast, squeeze through the narrow opening and descend into the underground chamber revealing a hidden interior function: looking up through the instrument reveals unstable reflections cast palely upon a distant glass.
Contents
- An Instrument for Looking
- Looking In, Looking Out
- Looking Forward, Looking Back
- Above, Upon, Beneath
- Operator’s Handbook
- Instructional Video
Appendices
- Soundings, etc.
- Beacon in the Atoll of Accumulated Memory Loss
- Lagoon of Forgetting
- Machine for Remembering
i. An Instrument for Looking
Well Tower
ii. Looking In, Looking Out
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iv. Looking Forward, Looking Back
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iii. Above, Upon, Beneath
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Soundings, etc.
Well Tower, Appendix A
Beacon in the Atoll of Accumulated Memory Loss
Well Tower, Appendix B
Lagoon of Forgetting
Well Tower, Appendix C
Machine for Remembering
Well Tower, Appendix D
2017, 2” x 2” x 2”
Copper, steel, plaster, pulverized ore