Saturday, June 4, 2011

Not-A-Gnome Scavenger Hunt

Friends koala, Y-O, and I went on a delightful scavenger hunt-esque drive today searching for the lawn "gnomes" created by various city residents for the Salt Lake City Art Center project Lawn Gnomes Eat Your Heart Out (I kinda' thought my name for the project, Not-A-Gnome, was a little better...). Quite delightful! I took several pics on that new-fangled app Instagram, which I really prefer to just plain camera pics. We had a great adventure. Here are the pics of the few we made it to though the website says there are 50 total in the valley.



Rings representing artists present and past


Flamingos in the beehive (one of our faves because of the, yup, flamingos)


Kitty condo


Inside the kitty condo, home sweet home




The Salt Lake Underground Guerilla Gardeners (SLUGG) planted boxes with edible and drought resistant plants outside a gallery on Broadway St.


Cello player: Singin' In Spring by Dennis Domingo


The family


Reclaimed reconstruction materials (I don't quite appreciate the realization of the concept, which was the effect of lawn mowers and other yard care materials on the environment)


Vessels enmeshed (and yes, those are tiny gnomes caught inside)


Skateboard inspired


Self portrait and bird bath in one (functional and fine art!)


Denizons from the prehistoric Lake Bonneville

It was a lovely afternoon and quite the treasure hunt!

1 comments:

Zac and Mindy Curtis said...

This looks like quite the adventure. What a cute idea. Great pics!