Entrance of the Virtual Gallery Wing where you will find details of the performance Journey from Low Tide to High Tide, 1980

 

Click thumbnail images below to start slideshow; ie larger images, then RHS large image to proceed, LHS large image to go back    .   Watch the images at your own pace.
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To enter or return to the Virtual Wing devoted to the performance Sand Memories click HERE.


journey  from  low to high  tide
image details general commentary artist's running commentary
 

 


a slide show of 17 images, click to start
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Construction of the sand bag cones.

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


a slide show of 7 images, click to start
click RHS last image to return here

 

 

The performance across the 6 hour period from dead low tide to dead high tide.

 

 

 

a slide show of 6 images, click to start
click RHS last image to return here

 

 

The final time period in  total darkness, illuminated by generator  powered arc lamps.
       

the Final Sand Bag Cone System
1st effort the previous evening; to be swept away by the high tide
2nd effort the morning of the performance; after which, to be swept away again without a trace


 

ready thhe previouos evening but not
to survive the high tide

 

 

pyrotehnics, fire on the water
(mix of metal sodium and calcium carbide)

 

watching tide washing the sand bags away

 





ready for the performance

 
 
 

 

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