"I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom. I am one who is fond of olden times and intense in quest of the sacred knowing of the ancients." Gustave Courbet

04 August 2015

Earthworks.


Maybe that is what the earthworks of the ancient Native Americans have in common with the earthworks of contemporary art. The Mound Builders were, in their way, the original American architects. But unlike modern architecture, earthworks have what might be called an intentional disappearance. When archaeologists looked inside the mounds a hundred and seventy years ago, they saw the remnants of wooden structures. Only, the structures were covered over with earth, destined to collapse, and be swallowed by the land. 

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