JIM DENEVAN

Jim Denevan makes temporary drawings on sand, earth and ice that are eventually erased by waves and weather.To create the sand drawings he simply used a rake for mark making. In the case of the earth drawings, Denevan travelled around america and observed that Any vehicle moving across it's surface makes a temporary mark. The drawing was composed by driving around in circles. The smaller circles were composed freehand walking with a stick and the line was then made wider by driving around in circles. The idea behind it was simply that

Generally vehicles make more of a mark in the spring, when the surface is moist, less of a mark in the fall when the surface is drier. At times of the year when there are many visitors (summer/fall) the whole area has thousands of vehicle tracks... something like motorized snail trails.

The idea behind Jim Denevans work was very much that they were temporary.