Levitated Mass, 2012 (film+review)

Levitated Mass in progress, 2012. Photo: Tom Vinetz.

Michael Heizer, Levitated Mass, 2012

Collection: Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Film (1+42)
Maps (3)
Plans (2) 
Videos (24)
Photos (511+)
Rock-list (55)
Pre-history (3) 
Press review (559)
Retro-spective (105)

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Doug Pray, LEVITATED MASS, l'histoire de la sculpture monolithique de Michael Heizer, 2013
Doug Pray, LEVITATED MASS, The Story of Michael Heizer's Monolithic Sculpture, 2013

“LEVITATED MASS, The Story of Michael Heizer's Monolithic Sculpture, is a film about a 340-ton granite boulder [ed.: the artist claim 400 in the film] that was moved from a quarry in Riverside, California to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art last year and mounted upon the walls of a 456' slot. Its 105-mile transport captured international media attention and challenged the imagination of thousands of Southern Californians as it crawled through their neighborhoods on a 294-foot long, 206-wheeled transport over the course of ten nights [ed.: to the 176 wheels mentioned on Zev's Blog must be added, of course, the ten ones of the three trucks included in the convoy]. (read more)

« LEVITATED MASS, l'histoire de la sculpture monolithique de Michael Heizer est un film sur un mégalithe granitique de 340 tonnes qui a été transporté l'an dernier en Californie d'une carrière du comté de Riverside jusqu'au Los Angeles County Museum of Art, et qui été monté sur les parois d'une tranchée de 140 mètres de long. Son déplacement de 169 kilomètres a attiré l'attention des médias internationaux et dépassé l'imagination de milliers de Sud-Californiens lorsqu'il a traversé au pas leurs quartiers, durant dix nuits, sur un transporteur de 90 mètres de long doté de 206 roues [aux 176 roues annoncées sur le blog du gouverneur de Los Angeles, Zev Yaroslavsky, il faut bien sûr ajouter celles des trois camions que comprenait le convoi]. L’œuvre qui en résulte, créée par l'artiste légendaire et solitaire Michael Heizer, a été baptisée  “Levitated Mass”. Pendant plusieurs années, j'ai filmé l'histoire de cette œuvre, l'artiste, le musée et la ville. » 

—Doug Pray, 2013
Traduction OBSART

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Revue de presse (42) + US Tour 2014
Press review (42) + Tournée US 2014

2014
13/11 - The New York Times
24/10 - Dorkshelf
23/10 - The Missoulian
23/10 - NOW Magazine
03/10 - The Oregonian
01/10 - The Portland Mercury
10/09 - The Corsair
09/09 - Mediabistro (interview with D. Pray)
08/09 - Architectural Record
07/09 - Artlyst
06/09 - BBC (video)
05/09 - Examiner (video)
05/09 - SCPR
05/09 - Broadway World
05/09 - LA Times
05/09 - LACMA
04/09 - LA Times
04/09 - The Press Enterprise
04/09 - Orlando Sentinel
02/09 - Film Journal
02/09 - LA Weekly 
03/09 - KCRW (interview with D. Pray - at the end)
28/08 - The Wall Street Journal
20/08 - The Wall Street Journal

2013
27/06 - Indie Wire
24/06 - Jesther Entertainment
24/06 - The Moveable Fest
21/06 - Examiner
21/06 - The Hollywood Reporter
21/06 - WCS Permits
21/06 - LA Story
20/06 - LAist
19/06 - The LIP TV (interview, 56 min, 4:40-23:15)
19/06 - LACMA (interview with Doug Pray)
18/06 - LA Times
11/06 - Indie Wire (exclusive teaser)
11/06 - What (not) to Doc
21/05 - LA Times

2012 
26/10 - OBSART (excerpt on display at Centre Pompidou, Paris) 
28/10 - KCRW (interview, 1:57-11:33)
28/10 - KCRW (article)
12/03 - The Hollywood Reporter 
 

Levitated Mass documentary maker Doug Pray joins BYOD to discuss his films Hype!, Scratch, Surfwise and more in this friendly career retrospective of his documentaries. From permanent conceptual art [ed.: strange wording when one thinks about the art of Michael Heizer, which requires considerable means], to the Seattle grunge scene explosion, to DJ culture and graffiti, Doug Pray shares his elaborate fascination with the creative world. (19/06/12, source) 

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Liens relatifs | related links
LACMA (EN) < event >
Doug Pray (EN)
Expanded Land Art (10 films)
Levitated Mass (13 videos)
First steps - premiers pas (1 video)
Time at Work | Le temps à l’œuvre

7000 years | 7000 ans

Rock Saga (2011-2012)

                                                                                       Doug Pray on site, 27/02/12. source