montana artists caravan videos

In Part One you can watch the Travelling Sphinx as it is created in artist Daniel Biehl's front yard at 320 West Lamme Street in Bozeman, Montana in the wet spring of 1995 (note that he was only one of fourteen artists, but this footage was filmed by his spouse Julia M. Becker and edited by his brother Joe Biehl, so it's rather subjective). Recreated from the chassis and cabinets of a Terry Rambler 1952 teardrop trailer, it becomes a mobile sculpture over the course of six weeks of intensive ...

In Part Two, we see the variety of Caravan rigs out on the open highways of Montana, the meeting of the Southwest Montana contingent in the Kmart parking lot in Bozeman, and travel to the rendezvous with the entire group at the first venue at Fort Missoula on the Fourth of July. The artists assemble their installations on a glorious summer day and welcome the curious crowds. In the spring of 1995, fourteen Montana artists, as individuals or small groups, constructed mobile sculptures ...

In Part Three you can experience some of the wonder of the amazing Caravan as it presented diverse and fascinating concepts to enchanted crowds. From the many hands-on displays of the Montana Iceman Cowboy Museum and the Lots of Potential Tea Parlor but Lack of Focus Shooting Gallery, to the sublime contemplation of the Portable Cemetery of Intriguing Individuals or the Essence of Our Journeys installation, the Caravan satisfied or whetted a wide range of appetites. The documentation ...