In 1970, Michael Heizer began work on building a mile long monument in Nevada that would take him over 50 years to complete, finishing in 2022. This monument is called ‘City’ and is reminiscent of ancient ceremonial constructions.
by onlyyoutilltheend
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Oooooooookay.
Does Tony Hawk know about this?
Monster Truck Derbies would go hard here!
Looks like a skate park.
That’s a sick skate park ya got there
when it comes to art, patience really is a virtue!
Why don’t they film movies here it looks awesome
Little bit of trivia: Avril Lavigne wrote a song about Michael Heizer in her early days called “sk8er boi”
Looks like an aircraft carrier from afar
That is interesting as fuck tbh. Also… Apparently it’s a reservation only place, and only allows six people to visit per day. Here’s the Wikipedia.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_(artwork)
This looks underwhelming from the sky, but probably pretty cool up close and at ground level
Thousands of years from now, scientists will be baffled at what these primitive structures were for, and spend countless hours and dollars studying the location.
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“Sir, do you a permit for this?”
It looks like an unfinished skate park construction site.
Seems dumb to take 50 years to make this completely non-functional space , just so it looks like it’s ruins or whatever the goal was…
Is he just doing this to fuck with future archaeologists?
In terms of art, it’s a bit indecisive.
Artist: “I designed this Monument to be representative of ancient ceremonial constructs, indicative of the social-statehood of man’s achievements.”
Archeologist from 2000 years in the future: “And this, little dudes, is United Sam’s most awesome skatepark ever built. They constructed it in honor of the Tony Hawk, a bird native to the area that they worshipped as a Man-God. Our Skatentists grind on it every day to better understand our wicked awesome past.”
History Channel in 500 years: *aliens*
someone else already did ‘shovel money into a hole and burn it’
Pretty cool but will it stand the test of time?
$40 million to build. There is a $150 charge to visit on the days they allow visitors. It will take a while to turn a profit!
He just wants to mess with the archaeologists of the future
I’m one of those that loves the desert. To see something like this is just disgusting. The beauty of the desert is that man hasn’t contaminated it. Times are changing, more and more housing tracks are being built on sensitive lands. One man’s treasure is another man’s trash dump
What a fucking waste of time
We need this in an atv offroad fury game.
Looks like an awesome skate park.
Aka world’s biggest skate park
Makes me happy to see every Redditor call it a skatepark 🤣🤣🤣
That was literally my first thought too
Some scientists 2000 years in the future are rubbing their palms together looking at this…. secured government funding for research for liiife.