#Jim Denevan

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'untitled' by jim denevan, 2010 in xxl: when artists think big - éléa baucheron + diane routex (2014)

#my scan #jim denevan

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Jim Denevan

#Jim Denevan #colossal

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Wander Through a Geometric Field of 448 Sculptures in Jim Denevan’s ‘Self Similar’

For artist Jim Denevan, a paramount element of his creative practice centers on building experiences within landscapes through art and temporary events. Known for his large-scale land works that shape expanses of sand into precise geometries (previously), he allows time, weather, and changing tides to gradually reform the compositions back into natural terrain. Opening today in the capital of the U.A.E., Denevan’s expansive “Self Similar” is part of Manar Abu Dhabi, a new initiative celebrating public art and illuminating the city’s landmarks and vistas with light.

Photos by Lance Gerber

#jim denevan #artist #art #sculptures #sculptor #large-scale land works #landscapes #united arab emirates #self-similar #manar abu dhabi #lance gerber #photographer #aerial photography

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© Peter Hinson | Jim Denevan | Financial Times

#peter hinson #jim denevan #design #financial times

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Landart

Jim Denevan

Source: instagram.com

Artist website: jimdenevan.com

#jim denevan #art #contemporary #installation #environmental art #sand #beachside #ocean

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Ángulo de reposo, arte de tierra por Jim Denevan.

#arte #art #artist #Jim Denevan #desert #saudi arabia #aura #simetría #composición #patron #trascendencia #esculturas #sensación #meditación

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Self Similar, Jim Denevan (fotos © Lace Gerber)

#Abu Dhabi

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Manar Abu Dhabi, Jim Denevan

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Wander Through a Geometric Field of More Than 400 Pyramids in Jim Denevan’s ‘Self Similar’

#art #landscapes #land art #desert

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self similar ~ jim denevan | photo © lace gerber

#art #artwork #installation #land art #land artwork #mandala #circle #sand #geometric #impermanent #earthwork #architecture #abu dahbi

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jim denevan in xxl: when artists think big - éléa baucheron + diane routex (2014)

#my scan #jim denevan

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' Self Similar ' , a sprawling and immersive land artwork created by Jim Denevan.

It was showcased in Abu Dhabi.

#self similar #land artwork #sand dunes #amazing art #travel photography #amazing nature #travel #nature #landscape #landscape photography #beautiful nature #abu dhabi

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Jim Denevan

Desert X AlUla: 15 installations in the Saudi Arabian desert

The 2022 edition of Desert X AlUla opened on 11 February. The exhibition, now in its second year, is the “Saudi version” of the traditional Desert X hosted every two years in the Coachella Valley in southern California. Hosted in AlUla, an ancient desert region in Saudi Arabia, this year’s event was curated by Reem Fadda, Raneem Farsi and Neville Wakefield on the theme of “Sarab”.

Dana Awartani

Claudia Comte

Shadia Alem

Stephanie Deumer

#desert x aiuia #art installations #outdoor art installation #saudi arabian #desert #art #artwork #saudi version #reem fadda #raneem farsi #neville wakerfield #sarab #jim denevan #dana awartani #claudia comte #stephanie deumer #shadia alem

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Jim Denevan

Land art

#land art

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em abu dahbi, a instalação temporária e geométricamente precisa de jim denevan

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McCoy and Kirk in Operation -- Annihilate! idk I just thought it would be fun to think about them because this is that one rare episode where the tension between them goes on for longer than one scene.

There are over a million colonists on that planet down there, just as much your responsibility. They need your help, too.

It’s very rare for McCoy to think about the bigger picture, or rather to voice his concerns for the many. He is one who focuses on now and here, because imho he knows that Kirk or Spock usually have the good of the many in mind, so he can also press them into thinking about the individuals, not just numbers.

But in this moment, Kirk is eaten by grief because his brother and sister-in-law are dead, and he is worried about his nephew and Spock, a crewman but also a close friend, and he’s losing the sight of the bigger picture, so McCoy needs to be the one to remind him that as a starship captain he has responsibilities and personal feelings have no place there.

McCoy promised Jim that he would do everything he could to save Peter, Jim’s nephew. He already put a lot on his own shoulder, but the moment he saw what the creature did to Spock, he closed off. He buried his own emotions because in that moment he knew that he couldn’t do anything for Spock nor Jim’s nephew.

The fact that Spock is sick and in danger of dying, puts a strain to McCoy and Kirk’s relationship, and both of them kind of use each other to vent their frustrations.

MCCOY: Jim, that man is sick. Don't give me any damnable logic about him being the only man for the job. KIRK: I don't have to, Bones. We both know he is.

They’re both worried about Spock, but neither really has the time to deal with it. (And we know that McCoy’s worry shows as anger and lashing out, and the same goes for Jim.) The transcript itself can’t convey the defeat in Jim’s voice nor the expressions that flicker over McCoy’s face.

When Spock brings back the creature, and McCoy has the chance to study it but is unable to find anything useful, he starts calling Jim “Captain” which he often does when Kirk gets angry at him (either that or “sir”). McCoy is distancing himself because he can’t help. He can’t ease Jim’s suffering, and he can’t help his patients, and Jim puts more and more on McCoy’s shoulders, but also on his own and even on Spock’s.

I cannot let this thing expand beyond this planet, nor do I intend to kill a million or more people to stop it. I want another answer. I'm putting you gentlemen on the hot seat with me. I want that third alternative.

Now, when Jim is thinking about the Denevans again (and Spock is around to argue with), McCoy is back to his “here and now” way of thinking (even though one million of people is a big number, it still doesn’t measure up to the whole galaxy), and when they find hope, McCoy goes back to calling Kirk “Jim” and he even goes back to “think about Spock, Jim”. In his usual manner, he puts the wellbeing of one above the many, but Jim can’t have that and orders McCoy to proceed with the test - throwing high intensity light at Spock. And that leads to one of the intense arguments between McCoy and Kirk in the show.

MCCOY: I didn't need to throw the blinding white light at all, Jim. Spock, I... SPOCK: Doctor it was my selection as well. It is done. KIRK: Bones... take care of him.

The way Jim says the nickname with pure anger, the way McCoy reacts to it, make it very intense. In that moment, Jim blames McCoy, and McCoy blames himself, too.

McCoy didn’t give Jim any feasible options in the last several hours, and he made a terrible mistake. In that moment all of Jim’s frustration, all of his grief and anger is directed at McCoy. In a single word. Bones.

And as earlier in the episode, when Kirk calls McCoy later to let Spock know that their solution worked, McCoy uses “Captain” with Kirk, because he can’t forgive himself. Even when Kirk reaches out to apologize, he isn’t ready to accept that. Not yet.

Bones, it wasn't your fault. Bones... Bones.

But Kirk made that first step.

(as a side note, I like he didn’t say “I’m sorry” but that he only used “Bones”, softly, with no trace of anger, perhaps with regret, as a contrast to his angry “Bones” earlier)

And because there was only time for a silly end to the episode, after Spock miraculously gained his eyesight back, McCoy silently gravitated back to Jim’s side, his own response to Jim’s earlier implied apology.

(they probably needed to work it out a bit after the credits, though, since it was Kirk’s turn to be like “Doctor” instead of “Bones”, but I feel like the use of Bones would cheapen the previous two scenes and the intensity of them)

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ETA:

Kirk’s anger isn’t even necessarily about Spock or on Spock’s behalf, it’s just that the news was the last one on a long list of bad news and “I don’t have anything to offer you, Jim, I’m sorry” coming from McCoy.

Spock’s blindness was an acceptable casualty before, but hearing that it didn’t need to happen, that if Jim didn’t rush McCoy with an order it wouldn’t have happened, was just too much. Jim isn’t necessary angry with McCoy, he’s also angry with himself, but blaming McCoy right there and then is easy, it’s human (but Jim still controlled himself enough to remove himself from the room before he said something he would regret, that could even perhaps cost him his friendship with McCoy)

and the next moment he speaks to McCoy he makes sure McCoy knows it wasn’t his fault

#leonard mccoy #jim kirk #star trek tos #mckirk #(for archiving purposes) #like obviously this is a triumvirate episode but the mccoy-kirk emotional journey being so upfront is chef's kiss #tos nonsense