April 19 - May 10, 2024
From the organizers:
“The Tablelands Center for Bioregional Art invites you to the opening of The Shallowater Silo Project, a duo of site-specific installations by Jack Craft and ted laredo. Join us Saturday April 20 from 4-7pm to experience the new installations and celebrate with the artists.
Craft and laredo team up to explore the possibilities offered by an empty grain silo located in the middle of a field in the heart of the Llano Estacado – a place where the Apache, the Comanche and the herds of bison traveled only when it rained. It is a place so flat that native son Terry Allen once commented “in Lubbock you can see sixty miles in any direction, a hundred if you stand on a can of tuna.”
With his piece titled LOOK AROUND artist Jack Craft is addressing the vast horizon that is Lubbock and its environs by installing a mirror around the outside circumference of the silo. The piece reflects the light and the vast landscape around the silo, drawing the viewer in. As the viewer approaches, they slowly become aware of the reflected landscape. The viewer is placed in the landscape and gives a disorienting impression of being able to see a full 360 degrees.
Meanwhile, inside the silo, ted laredo has installed tilted ellipse – a rotating glittering iron orb suspended from the ceiling that interacts with a magnetic photo luminescent tape affixed to the inside perimeter of the silo. The elements merge within the space to suggest the expansiveness of the cosmos.
Where: Tablelands is located at At’l Do farms, 6323 FM1294, Lubbock, TX 79415. Turn in on the dirt road just before the parking lot, look for the “Art” sign.
When: Saturday April 20, 4-7pm.”
Reception: April 19, 2024 | 4–7 pm
The Tablelands Center for Bioregional Art
6323 FM1294,
Lubbock, 79415 Texas
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We came at 4:00pm 20 April to see your exhibit and no one was there.