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. A topological pair spanning 150 years—-settler grazing land and contemporary birds of prey preserve, a frontier, one-room schoolhouse and a military training zone, an abandoned grange hall and an interstate respite—-the installation maps the material culture and collective imaginary of the two sites. Ten automobile-scaled frames with rearview mirrors orchestrate an installation featuring disposable camera photography and two one-hour video loops of oral history, radio transmissions, covert surveillance, and recordings of the ebbs and flows of travelers along the Snake River Plain.

credits

Dwaine Carver and Andrew Davis

Funding by Idaho Commission on the Arts