Ah, that neat shift from front to back, a 'fence' of its own...
Doug
On 7-Apr-10, at 11:45 AM, Barry Alpert wrote:
> REMEMBERING THE RUNNING FENCE, REVISITED
>
> via Christo & Jeanne-Claude
>
>
> We believe in “Once upon a time . . .
> We promise it will not be another 33 years before . . .
>
> With the fence, you could still see the lonely tree . . .
> whether you like it or not, you are all a part of the project,
> well, it was not wholly illegal.
>
> We were illegal aliens for 3 years.
> We were living in an illegal building.
> We believed in “Once upon a time . . .
>
>
> Barry Alpert / Silver Spring MD US / 4-7-10 (1:34 PM)
>
> Drafted during both the screening of the new film by Wolfram Hissen
> about the major mid-seventies work and the live Q & A afterwards
> with Christo. One or more younger doubles of Jeanne-Claude amongst
> the audience created a haunting resonance. Their son, Cyril, who
> has published 5 books of poetry (including one entirely focused on
> his parents’ art), took a seat in the front row. I should have
> talked to him, but he was invisible during the after-event.
>
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