Can anyone remember the Alan Wood Ranch Project from the 80s?
Ranch: The Alan Wood Ranch Project, a film by Steve DeNure and Chris Lowry (1985, 25 min.) Recently while brainstorming for a project on Granville Island we were reminded of...
Ranch: The Alan Wood Ranch Project, a film by Steve DeNure and Chris Lowry (1985, 25 min.)
Recently while brainstorming for a project on Granville Island we were reminded of Alan Wood's Ranch Project from the 80s - and then found this clip from an equally special film that Chris Lowry and Steve DeNure made about it in 1985 that is a work of art in itself. The Alan Wood Ranch Project is an art installation on 320 acres of land in the foothills of the rocky mountains. Each piece of wood is wrapped in artist's canvas and painted with Kroma paint using a special painting machine.
We are posting this excerpt from the film with permission from Chris Lowry. More about Chris Lowry here: Ecotone Productions
I was the project manager for this installation. We fabricated the pieces at a warehouse in Burnaby and then transported the finished pieces to the site in Alberta where the installation took place. The entire project took about one year from start to finish and the total cost was around $500,000. Smithsonian magazine did a featured article and many photographers were involved in the documentation and publishing of the photos. Wendy Wacko was also involved in the film that was made.