2024-11-23T20:25:09-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/6927088/moving-mountains-land-arts-of-the-american-west Alexander Walter 2011-05-19T18:22:45-04:00 >2011-05-20T12:51:32-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/nd/nd4c1x0e25fz6yul.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Moving Mountains: Land Arts of the American West (working title) is a feature length documentary film exploring the evolution of Land Art in the West from early indigenous people to the Earthworks of the late sixties by major artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer to the educational program known as Land Arts of the American West that uses the mythical western landscape as its classroom.</p></em><br /><br /><p> Sam Wainwright Douglas, filmmaker of <a href="http://www.citizenarchitectfilm.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><em>CITIZEN ARCHITECT</em></a>, is embarking on his next project and asks for your help raising money for his ambitious new film <em>Moving Mountains</em>. "We are trying to raise a minimum of $12,500 to pay for 1 week of shooting, which includes costs for film crew personnel, equipment and travel. Everything beyond the $12,500 minimum goal will be applied toward funding the rest of the shooting schedule," says Douglas.</p> <p> &nbsp;</p> <p> Follow the <a href="http://www.unitedstatesartists.org/project/moving_mountains_land_arts_of_the_american_west_working_title" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">USA Projects</a> link to find out more about the project.</p>