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The Laguna Canyon Project (1980-2010), a long-term environmental art project, used a variety of tactics and techniques to focus attention on the bucolic Laguna Canyon Road, one of the last undeveloped passages to the Pacific Ocean.〔Cathy Curtis. (Litterscapes Inspired by Road Debris,” ) ''Los Angeles Times,'' 19 June 1989.〕 The project, created by photographic artists Jerry Burchfield and Mark Chamberlain, was a response to explosive growth in south Orange County and especially to the threats of development within their hometown of Laguna Beach, California. What began as a 10-year project lasted for three decades. Over its first 10 years, the project drew an ever-expanding number of supporters. It empowered local artists and concerned citizens to get actively involved in the fate of the Canyon, while informing the greater Orange County, California about the environmental issues. The project reached its high point in 1989 when, in celebration of the Orange County Centennial and the Sesquicentennial of the discovery of photography, the art partners erected a giant photographic mural in a critical location of the Canyon. They built this 636-foot-long mural, entitled ''The Tell'',〔Cathy Curtis. ("''The Tell'' Does Indeed Deliver Its Message of Protest,” ) ''Los Angeles Times,'' 21 August 1989.〕 in the Sycamore Hills area of Laguna Coast Wilderness Park.〔Adam Maya. (“Laguna Coast Wilderness Park,” ) ''Orange County Register,'' 23 September 2012.〕 As this public installation was located on Laguna Canyon Road—the main artery into Laguna Beach—and across this road from a proposed massive housing development, it became the focal point and catalyst for massive public demonstrations, protesting that project. ''The Tell'' ultimately served a crucial role in the preservation of this region. ==Genesis of Laguna Canyon Project== Jerry Burchfield and Mark Chamberlain (photographer)s opened BC Space, a combination photo lab/studio/ gallery in 1973, to provide photographic services for galleries, museums and artists.〔(“Best Art Gallery Orange County 2013 - BC Space,” ) ''OC Weekly,'' November 2013.〕 During their many hours working together, they often discussed what they could do to protect the Laguna Canyon. They ultimately agreed upon a course of action and in the spring of 1980 commenced the "Laguna Canyon Project: The Continuous Document," their long-term environmental art project. The immediate goal was to preserve the canyon in the tradition of documentary photography, while challenging the community to preserve it in reality. For Phase I of the project, with a handful of volunteers, they photographed both sides of the Laguna Canyon Road. The resulting 646 frames per side were printed into twin color prints, depicting their passage down the “last nine miles of the westward migration.” 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Laguna Canyon Project」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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