Picture the scene - You are a worker employed by a State government in America and your job is to count the sheep roaming round. Being America you do this from a helicopter, because the State in question is Utah - a massive area of arid dessert land with areas of huge sandstone coloured rocks, where you can travel nearly all day and never see another human being, and the only entertainment/distraction is watching the tumbleweed!
So you're busy, doing your job, counting the sheep and managing to stay awake (!) and then you notice this big shiny thing sticking up near some rocks. You mention it to your boss and before you can say 'monolith' some bright spark has decided it resembles the free-standing plank structures of the late artist John McCraken. But then an expert on these plank-like structures says no, it definitely isn't by the late Mr McCracken, but the experts thinks it's been put there by another artist paying tribute to Mr McCracken. Rather scathingly the expert decrees "it's somebody's art installation, or an attempt at that"! What's more, it has 'human-made rivets' and was buried into the rock to an unknown depth.
It's thought it could have been there for 70 or 80 years, although it looks very new and shiny to me!!!
However, it's illegal to install art without permission on public lands "no matter what planet you're from" a State official said.
And finally - they're keeping the location a secret in case visitors could become stuck and need rescuing.
(In case you're wondering, I've never heard of John McCracken either!)
I thought it was a nice news item to ease the boredom of lockdown!!
So you're busy, doing your job, counting the sheep and managing to stay awake (!) and then you notice this big shiny thing sticking up near some rocks. You mention it to your boss and before you can say 'monolith' some bright spark has decided it resembles the free-standing plank structures of the late artist John McCraken. But then an expert on these plank-like structures says no, it definitely isn't by the late Mr McCracken, but the experts thinks it's been put there by another artist paying tribute to Mr McCracken. Rather scathingly the expert decrees "it's somebody's art installation, or an attempt at that"! What's more, it has 'human-made rivets' and was buried into the rock to an unknown depth.
It's thought it could have been there for 70 or 80 years, although it looks very new and shiny to me!!!
However, it's illegal to install art without permission on public lands "no matter what planet you're from" a State official said.
And finally - they're keeping the location a secret in case visitors could become stuck and need rescuing.
(In case you're wondering, I've never heard of John McCracken either!)
I thought it was a nice news item to ease the boredom of lockdown!!
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