Slab City: Reel 144
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Leonard Knight interview as he talks about history of the original “God is Love” balloon in Vermont 20 years ago - "The balloon rotted out on me, I made it too big… so I started putting it on the side of the mountain.” Also talks about his life in Kansas. Visitor from Canada stops by to see Leonard; cutaway MS of the mountain as the sinner’s prayer and “God Is Love” is seen painted on surface of mountain.
More music with Davey Lopez, this time at swap meet during daytime as he plays trumpet and stands in front of his ‘music wagon.’ Songs include “Her Memory Is Only Minutes Old,” “Slab City Song,” “Welfare Check.” Quality of audio and video is generally good. - Creation Date
- February, 1991
- Filmmakers
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videotape; 21 minutes, 40 seconds
- Geographics
- Genres
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- Topics
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- Alternative lifestyles
- Artists
- Balloons (aircraft)
- Campgrounds
- Camping trailers
- Christianity
- Concrete slabs
- Crosses
- Deserts
- Flea markets
- Interviews
- Landscapes (environments)
- Military camps
- Musicians
- Outsider art
- Paintings (visual works)
- Performing artists
- Periodic markets
- Recreational vehicles
- Roads
- Salvation Mountain
- Sculpture (visual work)
- Steel guitars
- Trumpets (aerophones)
- Cartographics
Point: 33.257928,-115.462354
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- Language
- English
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Shared Shelf: 3513107
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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