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| TRINITY LAND ART INSTITUTE Trinity Land Art Institute is a sculptural intervention in the form of a wooden shed, situated on land that directly faces the Trinity site in New Mexico—the location where, on July 16, 1945, the world’s first nuclear bomb was detonated. This event, a critical moment in the Manhattan Project led by J. Robert Oppenheimer, marked a profound shift in human history, occurring less than three weeks before the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The shed, strategically placed to confront the Trinity site, is not merely a physical structure but a conceptual statement. It incorporates the site into the broader mythology of Land Art, suggesting that this location, with its profound historical significance, could itself be seen as a piece of Land Art. The Trinity explosion on July 16, 1945, marked humanity’s loss of innocence. What began as a “technically sweet problem,” as Oppenheimer described it, soon revealed itself to be a catastrophic invention. Just weeks later, the destructive potential of this invention was demonstrated to the world with the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, using the bombs known as “Little Boy” and “Fat Man.” The Trinity explosion has become a key element in the unique mythology of the New Mexico desert landscape, alongside the narratives of pioneering settlers and Native American traditions. This desert serves as a profound focal point, intertwining contemporary scientific knowledge about the universe’s atomic composition with the spiritual dimensions described by Native American lore and the explorations of modern art. The Trinity Land Art Institute thus serves as a contemplative space where these diverse threads converge, highlighting the desert’s role as a site of both historical transformation and artistic exploration. • Watch the building of Trinity Land Art Institute (20 min) | HERE • Read Jacob Lillemose text about the project | HERE |
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