rest stop + stage

installation

Rest Stop + Stage is a mixed-media installation surveying two sites, an abandoned Oregon Trail stage stop and its contemporary counterpart, a nearby interstate rest stop. The two sites are a topological pair spanning 16 miles and 150 years—-settler grazing land and contemporary birds of prey preserve, a frontier, one-room schoolhouse and military training zone, an abandoned grange hall and a typical interstate rest stop parking lot. The installation maps their material culture and collective imaginary. Ten automobile-scaled frames with rearview mirrors organize an exhibition of disposable film-camera photography, photocopies on acetate, video stills, and two one-hour video loops of oral history, radio transmissions, and casual surveillance of the ebb and flow of travelers along the Snake River Plain.

credits

Dwaine Carver and Andrew Davis

Funding by Idaho Commission on the Arts