For this second movie we have seen in class, i was somehow having a hint about what it is going to be, it is different that the 1st one, but still so interesting.. during watching the documentary, you can see how much effort and time did they spend doing that project. by taking permissions for people living in the farms in USA, to install their installation crossing their land. i found it really hard to convince people who maybe do not understand such projects or even know what does an installation means, or why they should care about it ! even after explaining that the idea of having the "Running fence is to get the families of the land that the fence crossed together. it is 18 feet high and 25 miles long. extending East-West near Freeway 101, north of San Francisco, on the private properties of fifty-nine ranchers, following rolling hills and dropping down to the Pacific Ocean at Bodega Bay, was completed on September 10, 1976.
The art project consisted of: forty-two months of collaborative efforts, the ranchers' participation, eighteen public hearings, three sessions at the Superior Courts of California, the drafting of a four-hundred and fifty page Environmental Impact Report and the temporary use of hills, the sky and the Ocean.
All expenses for the temporary work of art were paid by Christo and Jeanne-Claude through the sale of studies, preparatory drawings and collages, scale models and original lithographs.
Running Fence was made of 200,000 square meters of heavy woven white nylon fabric, hung from a steel cable which was embedded 1 meter into the ground, using no concrete and braced laterally with guy wires 145 kilometers and 14,000 earth anchors. The top and bottom edges of the 2050 fabric panels were secured to the upper and lower cables by 350,000 hooks.
All parts of Running Fence's structure were designed for complete removal and no visible evidence of Running Fence remains on the hills of Sonoma and Marin Counties.
As it had been agreed with the ranchers and with the County, State and Federal Agencies, the removal of Running Fence started fourteen days after its completion and all materials were given to the ranchers. Running Fence crossed fourteen roads and the town of Valley Ford, leaving passage for cars, cattle and wildlife, and was designed to be viewed by following 65 kilometers (forty miles) of public roads, in Sonoma and Marin Counties.
In my opinion, having such projects and such installations, at the beginning no one appreciate it, and people feel that there is no reason behind it, maybe just a waste of time and money ! but in the end, after seeing the results, me as a graphic designer, or any person who might be interested to see great photos of a great project would just love it. such an amazing photos taken after accomplishing this huge fence. it might brought some harm or people did not like it, but i am sure in the end they got something good or a great memory after it was established.
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