Slab City: Reel 175
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Master shots of Slab City are unique here in that the camera is from a high angle; 360 degree pans, also zoom.
Camera is now positioned from atop Leonard’s mountain and looking at his tractor, work area, painted words on side of mountain. Leonard arrives with several Canadian visitors and begins working with the soil and water to create his mud; he talks about his work and describes the construction process for yet another time.
Shot of two kids on motorcycles riding over dirt road. During Leonard’s segment he, too, is seen on his scooter when approaching the mountain. - Creation Date
- December, 1991
- Filmmakers
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videotape; 22 minutes, 6 seconds
- Geographics
- Genres
- Personal Name
- Topics
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- Adobe (material)
- Alternative lifestyles
- Artists
- Campgrounds
- Christianity
- Concrete slabs
- Deserts
- Earthworks (sculpture)
- Foundations (structural elements)
- House paint
- Landscapes (environments)
- Military camps
- Mountains
- Mud
- Outsider art
- Painting (coating)
- Religions (concept)
- Religious art
- Rubbish
- Rural areas
- Salvation Mountain
- Sculpture (visual work)
- Telephoto lenses
- Cartographics
Point: 33.257928,-115.462354
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- Language
- English
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Shared Shelf: 3513075
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Film, Audio, Video and Digital Art
Humanities and Social Sciences
- Rights Holders
- Greg Durbin
- Sherman George
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Under copyright (US)
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- Last Modified
2021-09-29