rest stop + stage

installation

Rest Stop + Stage is a mixed-media survey of 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, frontier one-room schoolhouse and military training zone, abandoned grange hall and interstate respite—-the installation maps the material culture and collective imaginary of the two sites in ten automobile-scaled frames, rearview mirrors, and two video loops.

credits

Dwaine Carver and Andrew Davis

Funding by Idaho Commission on the Arts