L'artiste Billy X Curmano commence sa performance de natation d'art sur toute la longueur du fleuve Mississippi dans les eaux de tête du parc national du lac Itasca, M
5579 x 2256 px | 47,2 x 19,1 cm | 18,6 x 7,5 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
20 juin 1995
Lieu:
Lake Itasca State Park, Minnesota
Informations supplémentaires:
Artist Billy X Curmano beginning his performance art swim of the entire length of the Mississippi River at the headwaters in Lake Itasca State Park, Minnesota. The event was part of the Midwestern Art Opening at the Rourke Gallery in Moorhead, MN - June 20, 1995. “In Swimmin' the River (1987-1997), Billy X. Curmano swam the length of the Mississippi River as a political gesture to advocate for the freedom from toxicity. Spanning from the headwaters to the Gulf of Mexico (2, 367.4 miles), Curmano used the river as an artistic medium and political landscape to discuss environmental issues. He waded in the Mississippi as the sunlight glistens and the wind shapes the tide. Each stroke the artist took was an attempt to reclaim the river under the banner of art and to work toward a more progressive agenda for climate justice. The ecology of Curmano’s swim can be seen as an extended metaphor of pollution—one in which our existence has become contaminated by the effects of eco-capitalism.”
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