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The eteam's new, site-specific video installation, Train Stop Inn incorporates an old-west saloon along with footage documenting one segment of the teams recent project, 1.1 Acre Flat Screen, which will also be available for viewing. The larger project began on September 4th 2002 after the collective won an eBay bid for a plot of land in Southwestern Utah. The eteam then left New York to locate their 1.1 Acre in the desert. After they found the lot, they placed a jar of water ineach corner of the land. Throughout the following year, they used the land as their virtual studio and invited three other artist collaborations to do the same. Upon returning to the desert in .
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August 2003,
the eteam concentrated on the lots improvement. Their plan was,
to create a train stop, which would enhance the lots infrastructure
and therefore the value of the land. To demonstrate the possible reality
of this plan, a passing by train had to stop a least once in front of
the land. They opened a Train Stop Inn and waited. Trains traveling between
Las Vegas and Salt Lake City passed in irregular intervals - between 3
to 5 per day. Temperatures ranged between 90 and 120F. Their act of endurance
in high desert heat engages with our preconceived notions of the "American
West" while simultaneously subverting notions of property value and
artistic labor. For their show at Momenta, the eteam will recreate their
attempt to increase the lands property value, recreating the Train
Stop Inn. Please stop in for snacks and drinks. |
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