@@roberthevern6169 No! No! Once Steve went inside this utopian fantasy, I immediately sensed how the dozer gently sculpted the walls and floor for an intense expression of angular beauty.
@@ScubaSteveCanada Well, hey. I always enjoy Steve's videos, even this one, but let's just say the subject matter of this one--some dude vainly destroying the environment--has little value to me. Might as well be graffiti.
Well, I guess it is something. They say all art is in the eye of the beholder. Even old lawn mowers can become art to someone. Steve, I don't know how you do it, but please keep finding these out of the way places, and keep up the great humor that you bring along with you! Always worth watching!
@@SidetrackAdventures On future adventures, downplay the destination by at least 1,000,000% and they will always be impressed. After all, they will be seeing something that is at least one in a million.
I've been in the art business for over 56 years and have seen a lot of weird things done in the name of "Art". Trust me... this is far from the weird things some have done. However, I will give the artist of Double Negative an A+ for ambition and perseverance, if for nothing else, for his monumental vision. If not for a sponsor, this surely would not have come to fruition. Notice that the trenches face each other, like giant indents made from a celestial machine. I do see design in the madness. The scale alone deserves our appreciation, if not our endorsement.
I like your style of presentation. I feel like I’m discovering it with you. Also, you have saved me from wasting my time going a couple places, like this one, but I still get to see them. Thanks!
I'm sorry to contradict most of the comments on here but I really like it. I'm an artist in the UK, I primarily paint landscapes in oil on canvas, but I'm open to other ways people interact with their surroundings. When I paint I try to be aware of the negative space as well as the positive space - the object - and see the subject as a whole. I think maybe this is what the artist is trying to express. I like too that's he's stipulated that its fate should be left to the elements, however long that may be. Nothing lasts forever. Love your videos, they're so so different to my surroundings.
@kathymytton: Hello to you in the UK from the US. My preference would be that the "artist" would have followed his own stipulation ahead of time and simply left the land untouched and unmarred by his artistic statement and leave it to the elements. I love and understand many forms of art but in this case I am completely unmoved by this work. The sculpting that nature did here over the eons is far more moving.
I think I get the art in Double Negative. A trench mid-air! So the concept of a space construct free of ground (the trench), therefore filled with air, going through free air, hence kinda empty twice. The cuts on either side are just there as markers.
If the artist had expressed this as a concept to me, I’d have said, “yep, I get your idea, your concept, but… nah.” There is much interesting art based on negative space… including the images that you can see either of two ways - your eyes and brain determine for you what is foreground and what is empty, or background. This was a big swing and miss for me, marring such a lovely landscape similarly to how a mining operation might.
I actually live with an art critic, worked at that profession for 5 years before he moved on! So I'll send this on to him and get a professional opinion, I'll get back to you later today and finish this. I still love every trip that you take! I hope you keep on producing these videos!!
The obscure places you're finding are fascinating. I'd never have seen them if it weren't for your channel. Thanks for the hours and hours you must have spent on the road to film this adventure.
This was a surprise to me that you went. Not many make the journey. It is art. I would go back without question. Most of the comments are to be expected. That is for everyone to make their own impression of it. It is slowly fading and someday it will just be a bump in the cliff’s edge. But when it was new it was sliced so clean and smooth. As far as the destruction to the environment I don’t think it did much realistically. The well graded road does just as much. Plenty of mines nearby that are way worse. Thank you for going and sharing. Maybe someone in the comments that says no will look into it and Heizer more and be open to thinking outside of their preconceived notions.
People say I have no imagination, well this place proves them correct. Beautiful views and desert. 2 dug holes in a desert don't make art. All it makes is, 2 holes in the ground.
"2 dug holes in a desert don't make art." Sure it does, but only because they are aligned north and south. Now had they been aligned east and west, you would be correct, it isn't art.
@@SidetrackAdventures "I've never seen any nature that is enhanced by digging trenches in it." It allows you to see and appreciate the strata. This is interesting to geologists that do this sort of thing but not usually on this scale. Highway cuts are a good place to see rock strata.
I think I can wrap my head around the idea that this is art. To each his own, I appreciate it. Furthermore, you had a nice road trip out to the desert with great views, space all to yourself, and the juxtaposition of that trench against the expanse of the desert. Well done, Steve!
I live in South Africa. Amazing to peek into your channel and view far off places! Place reminds me of Valley of Desolation in the Eastern Cape province. Strange and silent.
Sorry you had to drive so far for such an underwhelming experience. But thank you for taking the hit for the rest of us so we didn't have to go ourselves!! I can appreciate your family's response! Hilarious!!
I think I'll pass on visiting here! I loved your presentation though and your comments along the way make it such fun. Your dear family's expressions? I totally agree. Keep these videos coming, I look forward to them every week.
Steve -- Another great video!! Long time subscribrer here. Absolutely loved the comment regarding the family's reaction. Very funny the way you articulate their reactions with a sort of deadpan delivery; I could almost envision the looks on their faces as you described it. Anyway, really enjoy your channel. You've been to many strange and odd locations I'm sure I'll never get to see with my own eyes, let alone be aware that such places exist. Keep up these awesome adventures Steve. I'm definitively hooked!
You got that right… ever heard of Banksy( hope I spelled that right) his works are interesting…. But he gets some idiots to spend insane amounts of money on them.
One of the coolest pieces of land art in the country. No worse than all the holes in the ground leftover from mines across Nevada. At least there are no cyanide pools.
Steve, When you are on top of Mormon Mesa looking down at the towns, you are looking at Overton and Logandale Nevada which are in the Moapa valley. The town of Moapa is up near I-15. I live about 35 mile north of the area and have heard about the Double Negative for years and finaIy visited Double Negative yesterday, May 26, 2024. I agree it's really pushing the definition of art.
What I appreciate is that you took the time to take a look at this site. I would never have given this a chance or put time into editing a video about this. Thanks for the Drone view
That was interesting to say the least. Like some other comments, art is in the eyes of the beholder. 25 grand to make that?! Someone laughed all the way to the bank. Your family will definitely remember the trips you take them on. They're seeing things in America that most wouldn't even know about. Love your commentary in your video's Steve. I will say it time and again, you would make a great tour guide. You find some wonderful out of the way places and your commentary gets us, your followers smiling. IF ever we go to America, you would definitely be our first thought for taking us around.
Steve, thank you for taking us to this site as it clears up a mystery for me. I had seen this place on another channel over a year ago but the person was very perplexed about what it was at the time. Thanks again for solving this question of the Trench! Enjoying your videos very much from Texas!!
I absolute love your channel. I literally watch 2-3 videos every night before bed. I enjoy learning about California and all the southwestern states and these videos help me unwind and relax after a long work day. Keep it up!
Love the desert around Vegas, so that´s one point. The trench looking like a minus sign, that´s a negative, two of them makes double negative, which is positive, But also reading this as a minus sign plus earth being removed is kind of a double negative. Then there is a famous optical illusion, an interrupted circle which makes our brains see a triangle - similar to how two trenches create a line that isn´t drawn. Maybe the true art is making you think about things. Normally I´m suspicious of art that doesn´t speak for itself - this one does (to me). That said, the true art is making someone finance the whole endeavour :D. This year´s Vegas trip, I´ll go there. But I´m prepared for a single negative - the face of my significant other. One more top notch video, thank you Steve!
Being a young boy in 1969, I can tell you it was a silly time (hippie counterculture) so this doesn't surprise me at all! Thank you for taking us on these trips and making them more enjoyable than if we went to see them on my own!
In shots like 11:35 you're starting to get at it. It's something that gains power to me the further I step back. It reminds me of the installation works by Andy Goldsworthy.
Yeah! Not what would call art.......but, I'm no art expert either. I can visualize the look on your families face. I would never live it down. Having said all that, I do appreciate you taking us with you. I think my name for it would be Half a Ditch. The middle is missing. That would only be one negative, though. Thank you again for taking us with you. I love your videos. Can't wait 'till the next one gets posted!
Thank you for showing us this place and for providing context and history. In decades of camping and fussing around the Mojave and nearby mountains I was continually delighted at how indifferent it was to folks scratching around.
You really outdo yourself finding these crazy out of way places. I visited the Inaja Memorial last week . A heart breaking story. I wouldn't have known about it , if you hadn't posted about it.
Steve, I think you can best see the artistic value in your drone shots. Seeing both trenches fron the air, the space in between and the river and valley in the distance from the perspective of the drone aerial view was very artistic. Thanks for findind another treasure for us to enjoy
LSD did a lot of art in the 1960's and it appears you located some of their efforts. I'm an octogenarian so grew up in the era and I remember the hippies taking Dupont's slogan "Better living through chemistry" and it caused quite a chuckle from everyone except the Dupont folks. Thanks for the monotonous video and we certainly hope you stopped at an ice cream shop or something similar on the return! Best of luck and thanks for your videos as they are quite professional and the accompanying music is nice and at a proper level.
Okay, I have to give you some good natured ribbing..... Oh No, Steve is now an Art Conesessur! And dragging your family along.....the travesty and anguish! Lololol 😆 I admit I like Environmental/Earth Art... Here the $25 grand was probably for the rental of the D-9 Cat Dozer and the operator, but it's interesting 🤔. This is one of those pieces of outdoor art that must be seen, so you have inspired me to drive to Nevada and look at this. I mean, with ALL those other spectacular views from the Mesa, it would be an excellent idea. The drone gave me this impression of "The water chutes to the Virgin River" Thank you for making the drive... The lawn mower Yard Art reminded me of having to cut my grass.... that Art was definitely inspirational!!😁😁😁😆😆! Thanks again and you all be safe out there!
I give you points for finding these obscure locations and taking us all there. Thanks again, as it's a double negative that I will be visiting this location any time soon.
I think nature herself already made some pretty great artwork out there. This reminds me of when I was a kid and all the neighborhood kids got together, dug a giant hole, filled it with water and called it a hot tub 😂 The views you captured are lovely at least!
I’m an artist & created outdoor art displays as well as wood carving, sculpture, painting, writing music & poetry…Art is in the eye of the beholder…if the “artwork” stimulates the mind…it’s art…thanks again Professor Steve for another exciting adventure…
Maybe a tie fighter flew down chasing someone and got too close to the ground, survived by pulling up in an arc, hitting both sides of the mesa walls as it flew back up towards the sky and what remains is what happened. lol ;)
@@everettcross7210 Exactly! I’ve said the same thing in another post. Perhaps mining companies should hire “artists” now so that what they do to the landscape can gain credibility. They create “art” on a HUGE scale. 🤣
You got us stirred up like hornets today, Steve!! Great post! As your post notes, some crazy stuff that people or (aliens!?) do out in the (insert scary sounds here!) desert!
Thank You for this Video and it really shows what this generation is interested in ...I grew up taking family vacation each year and it was a big deal...we rented a RV and travel to New Mexico and Colorado and Texas just looking at Natural wonder's....The Redwood Trees of Northern California was my favorite and even Carlsbad Caverns was my favorite
"Art is in the eye of the beholder." A phrase created and quoted by a wanna-be artist to justify a very, very bad idea as being "art." Don't believe it.
Welcome to my neck of the woods! I live in Overton and I've been to Double Negative. To answer your question, no, I don't think it's a work of art and it's a pain to get to. Rough going with my 2wd Rav4. Anyway, hope you enjoyed your time in the Moapa Valley!
Great video, Steve. The fact that nothing is there makes us question the very definition of “art.” And it also required some creativity and human sweat equity. So I say, “Sure, it qualifies as art.” (But art is totally subjective, so I’m thinking not everyone will like or appreciate it!)
Doing *something* is usually better than doing *nothing* . I find this curiously interesting; I will probably visit it someday. I am glad you made drone video of it since that is what I would be doing and now I don't really need to.
That's true. I remember seeing a pile of scrap sponge rubber on the floor of a museum. It was titled "Heap #1." I don't know if it was intended to be serious or not, but I suppose it's best to take it as a joke.
@@steveyoung9951 "then what is Art ?" I can define "woman" but not "art". Art is whatever anyone claims is art. I wonder sometimes if Picasso considered his later work "art" but obviously other people do. It is a bit like the "Emperors New Clothes" where I dare not reveal how uncultured I am because I do not appreciate Picasso. On the other hand, Rembrandt paintings are indisputably art, and so is Michelangelo's sculpture. So to paraphrase a famous supreme court justice, "I cannot define art but I know it when I see it." I suppose something is art if the artist intends it to be art and infuses it with emotion even if the artist is the only person on earth that feels it. Or at least claims to infuse it with something.
My friend, you must move beyond any pre-conceived thoughts or ideas about what art is and give your mind a broader range of possibility. What the artist had in mind goes deeper than you are allowing yourself to go. It is Art! It is Earth Art. You might want to look up the concept of Ma as it relates to the space between. This is amazing. Thank you for taking your time and resources to bring it to me and your fellow subscribers. With love and respect from Arizona.
IMO if you took the time to visit, talk about, and acknowledge the work, then it is art! It made some sort of impression on you. It was man made with the intention of being art and you experienced it as intended. All it takes is for the artist to say so. Kinda like John Cage's 4'33" there are no sounds, yet a composition is there. Love your videos!
On my to-do list to see but thanks for the look (the aerial shots being the best IMO), Heizer also has a new project but last I heard only six people a day are allowed to see it and you have to book well in advance. Also in Nevada, it's called "City" but they won't let you video it. If people come across a Heizer they are familiar with it is probably "Levitated Mass" at LACMA (a cement trench where you walk under a large boulder). My number one recommendation in this area of art is Robert Smithson's "Spiral Jetty" in the Great Salt Lake. You take the road out of Promontory (where the train lines met, Golden Spike, etc.) Easy drive down a dirt road and definitely worth it in my opinion though visibility depends on the lake level..
I guess art like beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but as for me, I thank you for making the trek so the rest of us can go somewhere else 😂 love the view of the river!
"Unfortunately I don't have a Facebook account." --- Good man.
I think in math a double negative is a positive
Yeah.....Facebook sucks.
@@johnhoffman5431you are CORRECT!
I had one, it got hacked. Haven't missed it much.
@@johnhoffman5431 Hm, interesting.
"The looks on my family's faces" was funny. Your kids will remember these adventures for the rest of their lives. And that's what it's all about!
9:41. That's when it put smile on my face.
A ditch isn't art but your vids are.
Thanks for taking us places to we don't have to go there but still making them interesting.
Mother Nature is my favorite artist.
Just some 'help' from a dude with a dozer!
I was told when We moved to the mountains’”It was fine, what we do usually messes it up!”
I try not to.
@@roberthevern6169 No! No! Once Steve went inside this utopian fantasy, I immediately sensed how the dozer gently sculpted the walls and floor for an intense expression of angular beauty.
@@sbgroen Easy there fella ;-)
@@ScubaSteveCanada Well, hey. I always enjoy Steve's videos, even this one, but let's just say the subject matter of this one--some dude vainly destroying the environment--has little value to me. Might as well be graffiti.
Well, I guess it is something. They say all art is in the eye of the beholder. Even old lawn mowers can become art to someone. Steve, I don't know how you do it, but please keep finding these out of the way places, and keep up the great humor that you bring along with you! Always worth watching!
Double negative reaction from you're family. !!! 😂 that was funny.
I'm not sure they thought so! I tried to explain in advance but I think something more was expected.
@@SidetrackAdventures On future adventures, downplay the destination by at least 1,000,000% and they will always be impressed. After all, they will be seeing something that is at least one in a million.
"Your" English is difficult.
@@SidetrackAdventures Well, the landscape and river were quite beautiful. I’d love to go exploring out in the desert like this.
I've been in the art business for over 56 years and have seen a lot of weird things done in the name of "Art". Trust me... this is far from the weird things some have done. However, I will give the artist of Double Negative an A+ for ambition and perseverance, if for nothing else, for his monumental vision. If not for a sponsor, this surely would not have come to fruition. Notice that the trenches face each other, like giant indents made from a celestial machine. I do see design in the madness. The scale alone deserves our appreciation, if not our endorsement.
I like your style of presentation. I feel like I’m discovering it with you. Also, you have saved me from wasting my time going a couple places, like this one, but I still get to see them. Thanks!
I'm sorry to contradict most of the comments on here but I really like it. I'm an artist in the UK, I primarily paint landscapes in oil on canvas, but I'm open to other ways people interact with their surroundings. When I paint I try to be aware of the negative space as well as the positive space - the object - and see the subject as a whole. I think maybe this is what the artist is trying to express. I like too that's he's stipulated that its fate should be left to the elements, however long that may be. Nothing lasts forever.
Love your videos, they're so so different to my surroundings.
Good to hear an opposing viewpoint on this.
@kathymytton: Hello to you in the UK from the US. My preference would be that the "artist" would have followed his own stipulation ahead of time and simply left the land untouched and unmarred by his artistic statement and leave it to the elements. I love and understand many forms of art but in this case I am completely unmoved by this work. The sculpting that nature did here over the eons is far more moving.
I think I get the art in Double Negative.
A trench mid-air!
So the concept of a space construct free of ground (the trench), therefore filled with air, going through free air, hence kinda empty twice.
The cuts on either side are just there as markers.
If the artist had expressed this as a concept to me, I’d have said, “yep, I get your idea, your concept, but… nah.” There is much interesting art based on negative space… including the images that you can see either of two ways - your eyes and brain determine for you what is foreground and what is empty, or background. This was a big swing and miss for me, marring such a lovely landscape similarly to how a mining operation might.
Ahhh, finally got it from the overhead shot, two minus signs, double negative is a positive! 👍
Good call. I had to watch the video a second time to get that.
I actually live with an art critic, worked at that profession for 5 years before he moved on! So I'll send this on to him and get a professional opinion, I'll get back to you later today and finish this. I still love every trip that you take! I hope you keep on producing these videos!!
The obscure places you're finding are fascinating. I'd never have seen them if it weren't for your channel. Thanks for the hours and hours you must have spent on the road to film this adventure.
You’re correct..this is a double fail.
I’m SO glad you post these videos. I’m sure you’ve saved many people from wasting the gas needed to make this trip. 🤦♂️
In my case, coming from Oregon would be a LOT of wasted gas.
Thanks for a laugh out loud moment when you said Double Negative was the look on your family's face! Fascinating video, as usual, and fantastic views!
This was a surprise to me that you went. Not many make the journey. It is art. I would go back without question. Most of the comments are to be expected. That is for everyone to make their own impression of it. It is slowly fading and someday it will just be a bump in the cliff’s edge. But when it was new it was sliced so clean and smooth. As far as the destruction to the environment I don’t think it did much realistically. The well graded road does just as much. Plenty of mines nearby that are way worse. Thank you for going and sharing. Maybe someone in the comments that says no will look into it and Heizer more and be open to thinking outside of their preconceived notions.
People say I have no imagination, well this place proves them correct. Beautiful views and desert. 2 dug holes in a desert don't make art. All it makes is, 2 holes in the ground.
the art is in the fact he conned someone into paying $25,000 for 2 useless trenches .
@@sickofthestupid1067 100%
The views up their are great. I've never seen any nature that is enhanced by digging trenches in it.
"2 dug holes in a desert don't make art."
Sure it does, but only because they are aligned north and south. Now had they been aligned east and west, you would be correct, it isn't art.
@@SidetrackAdventures "I've never seen any nature that is enhanced by digging trenches in it."
It allows you to see and appreciate the strata. This is interesting to geologists that do this sort of thing but not usually on this scale. Highway cuts are a good place to see rock strata.
I think I can wrap my head around the idea that this is art. To each his own, I appreciate it. Furthermore, you had a nice road trip out to the desert with great views, space all to yourself, and the juxtaposition of that trench against the expanse of the desert. Well done, Steve!
I had a positive experience watching the video. Thank you
I live in South Africa. Amazing to peek into your channel and view far off places! Place reminds me of Valley of Desolation in the Eastern Cape province. Strange and silent.
Sorry you had to drive so far for such an underwhelming experience. But thank you for taking the hit for the rest of us so we didn't have to go ourselves!! I can appreciate your family's response! Hilarious!!
Thanks Steve I always enjoy your videos . I have created a lot of double negitives in my time we always called them holes in the ground.
Same here. We dug a lot of trenches when I was in the Army. I never knew someone should be paying me $25k for it.
Good for you for not having a Facebook account! Neither do I and I'm not missing a thing!
I think I'll pass on visiting here! I loved your presentation though and your comments along the way make it such fun. Your dear family's expressions? I totally agree. Keep these videos coming, I look forward to them every week.
I love that youre out there traveling, exploring and making good use of your car/tires. That and making simply good videos frequently along! Stay well
Steve -- Another great video!! Long time subscribrer here. Absolutely loved the comment regarding the family's reaction. Very funny the way you articulate their reactions with a sort of deadpan delivery; I could almost envision the looks on their faces as you described it. Anyway, really enjoy your channel. You've been to many strange and odd locations I'm sure I'll never get to see with my own eyes, let alone be aware that such places exist. Keep up these awesome adventures Steve. I'm definitively hooked!
Art is how well you pull someone’s leg.
You got that right… ever heard of Banksy( hope I spelled that right) his works are interesting…. But he gets some idiots to spend insane amounts of money on them.
One of the coolest pieces of land art in the country. No worse than all the holes in the ground leftover from mines across Nevada. At least there are no cyanide pools.
Good point
That's one hell of a back handed compliment. ☺
Thanks, Steve! You always come up with unique trips for your videos!
Born and lived in NH my whole life. Your videos make me want to wander the west....
Steve, When you are on top of Mormon Mesa looking down at the towns, you are looking at Overton and Logandale Nevada which are in the Moapa valley. The town of Moapa is up near I-15.
I live about 35 mile north of the area and have heard about the Double Negative for years and finaIy visited Double Negative yesterday, May 26, 2024. I agree it's really pushing the definition of art.
What I appreciate is that you took the time to take a look at this site. I would never have given this a chance or put time into editing a video about this. Thanks for the Drone view
Our pleasure!
That was interesting to say the least. Like some other comments, art is in the eyes of the beholder. 25 grand to make that?! Someone laughed all the way to the bank. Your family will definitely remember the trips you take them on. They're seeing things in America that most wouldn't even know about. Love your commentary in your video's Steve. I will say it time and again, you would make a great tour guide. You find some wonderful out of the way places and your commentary gets us, your followers smiling. IF ever we go to America, you would definitely be our first thought for taking us around.
Steve, thank you for taking us to this site as it clears up a mystery for me. I had seen this place on another channel over a year ago but the person was very perplexed about what it was at the time. Thanks again for solving this question of the Trench! Enjoying your videos very much from Texas!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I absolute love your channel. I literally watch 2-3 videos every night before bed. I enjoy learning about California and all the southwestern states and these videos help me unwind and relax after a long work day. Keep it up!
Absolutely stunning. Brilliant..bold..severe..elegant in silent simplicity...
Thanks for getting to places I won't get to in my time left. You are wonderfully unpretentious, fitting with the places you visit. Keep at it.
Love your videos so much! Thank you for all you do! 👍🏻😀
Well, i know not to stop there. Thanks.
Love the desert around Vegas, so that´s one point. The trench looking like a minus sign, that´s a negative, two of them makes double negative, which is positive, But also reading this as a minus sign plus earth being removed is kind of a double negative. Then there is a famous optical illusion, an interrupted circle which makes our brains see a triangle - similar to how two trenches create a line that isn´t drawn. Maybe the true art is making you think about things. Normally I´m suspicious of art that doesn´t speak for itself - this one does (to me). That said, the true art is making someone finance the whole endeavour :D. This year´s Vegas trip, I´ll go there. But I´m prepared for a single negative - the face of my significant other. One more top notch video, thank you Steve!
Love your channel. You take such fascinating excursions.
HAHA I LOLed at the family's faces comment hahaha - great stop, always fun to watch you videos man.
Being a young boy in 1969, I can tell you it was a silly time (hippie counterculture) so this doesn't surprise me at all! Thank you for taking us on these trips and making them more enjoyable than if we went to see them on my own!
art is definitely in the eye of the beholder when it comes to double negative 😃.. thanks for the road trip Steve!
The views at night from the mesa must be pretty awesome! Thanks for sharing..........
Another fun explore Steve....THANK YOU!
Good find Steve and I laughed most of the way through it. Thanks
Love that you go to these out of the way places! I'm afraid of the wildlife. So I enjoy seeing these places through your videos.
In shots like 11:35 you're starting to get at it. It's something that gains power to me the further I step back.
It reminds me of the installation works by Andy Goldsworthy.
And robert smithson as well :) breathtaking works recontextualize the world for us.
Beautiful skies and good company !
A beautiful vista, and then somebody with an excavator came in and dug it up. Thanks Steve.
Yeah! Not what would call art.......but, I'm no art expert either. I can visualize the look on your families face. I would never live it down. Having said all that, I do appreciate you taking us with you. I think my name for it would be Half a Ditch. The middle is missing. That would only be one negative, though. Thank you again for taking us with you. I love your videos. Can't wait 'till the next one gets posted!
Thank you for showing us this place and for providing context and history. In decades of camping and fussing around the Mojave and nearby mountains I was continually delighted at how indifferent it was to folks scratching around.
You really outdo yourself finding these crazy out of way places. I visited the Inaja Memorial last week . A heart breaking story. I wouldn't have known about it , if you hadn't posted about it.
Love your videos bro. Keep them up my friend
Thank you for bringing us along.
Steve,Steve, Steve, absolutely love the adventures!! Hahaha, the only art I saw today how you "art-fully" convinced your family to go along!! 😂😂👍👍
Steve, I think you can best see the artistic value in your drone shots. Seeing both trenches fron the air, the space in between and the river and valley in the distance from the perspective of the drone aerial view was very artistic. Thanks for findind another treasure for us to enjoy
As a Mormon "LDS" I approve of this video. Great music soundtrack and narration.
But really this was very enjoyable.
Never heard of it, Interesting. Thanks...
Another nice video Amigo and family!!
Love the double negative idea. That’s a lot of work for a concept. That the idea.
I think your interpretation is spot on.
This is great. I've never heard of it and will never visit , but thanks to you, I have seen it. Thank you 🙂
I love these videos, there’s so many things out there we don’t know about
LSD did a lot of art in the 1960's and it appears you located some of their efforts. I'm an octogenarian so grew up in the era and I remember the hippies taking Dupont's slogan "Better living through chemistry" and it caused quite a chuckle from everyone except the Dupont folks. Thanks for the monotonous video and we certainly hope you stopped at an ice cream shop or something similar on the return! Best of luck and thanks for your videos as they are quite professional and the accompanying music is nice and at a proper level.
Okay, I have to give you some good natured ribbing.....
Oh No, Steve is now an Art Conesessur! And dragging your family along.....the travesty and anguish! Lololol 😆
I admit I like Environmental/Earth Art... Here the $25 grand was probably for the rental of the D-9 Cat Dozer and the operator, but it's interesting 🤔.
This is one of those pieces of outdoor art that must be seen, so you have inspired me to drive to Nevada and look at this. I mean, with ALL those other spectacular views from the Mesa, it would be an excellent idea. The drone gave me this impression of "The water chutes to the Virgin River"
Thank you for making the drive...
The lawn mower Yard Art reminded me of having to cut my grass.... that Art was definitely inspirational!!😁😁😁😆😆!
Thanks again and you all be safe out there!
My knowledge or art is limited to 3 of the 4 members of the Ninja Turtles.
I give you points for finding these obscure locations and taking us all there. Thanks again, as it's a double negative that I will be visiting this location any time soon.
Awesome views in this one Steve. They make me wish I'd stayed in California back in the 70's while in the Air Force.
As always, Steve, interesting and very enjoyable! But, geez, do my palms sweat every time you get so close to ledges! 😂
Nice video as usual, Steve. And, well, the views were nice. 🙂
I think nature herself already made some pretty great artwork out there. This reminds me of when I was a kid and all the neighborhood kids got together, dug a giant hole, filled it with water and called it a hot tub 😂 The views you captured are lovely at least!
I love the lawnmower! 😂 😂 That's how I feel too!
This reminds me of some of my family vacations as a child. We would stop at some of the most obscure roadside attractions. Good times. 😂
I’m an artist & created outdoor art displays as well as wood carving, sculpture, painting, writing music & poetry…Art is in the eye of the beholder…if the “artwork” stimulates the mind…it’s art…thanks again Professor Steve for another exciting adventure…
Maybe a tie fighter flew down chasing someone and got too close to the ground, survived by pulling up in an arc, hitting both sides of the mesa walls as it flew back up towards the sky and what remains is what happened. lol
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I have to agree with your statement if it stimulates the mind. To me this looks like what miners have been creating since they invented mining.
Maybe some people need to be told the truth!
And then sometimes pure bollocks is still just bollocks. No matter how it’s dressed.
@@everettcross7210 Exactly! I’ve said the same thing in another post. Perhaps mining companies should hire “artists” now so that what they do to the landscape can gain credibility. They create “art” on a HUGE scale. 🤣
Definitely is art. Massively making you see the imaginary negative space via the removed portions is a simple idea, but perfect for what it is.
Hm, Ok, point well taken. So, what about the dirt which was removed? Does a pile of dirt become art?
You got us stirred up like hornets today, Steve!!
Great post! As your post notes, some crazy stuff that people or (aliens!?)
do out in the (insert scary sounds here!)
desert!
Yeah, I think maybe the heat gets to people, or the open land is a blank canvas for them.
Loved it. I don't get the art aspect of this either, but now I don't have to see it in person! Looking forward to more of your videos.
How cool is this?! I’m currently planning a trip to explore this exact area in two weeks and this vid is really helpful. Thanks!
Now you know where the great views are ... and the total cr@p on top of the Mesa.
Have fun. The top of the mesa is really cool. Great views all around.
Imagine your arm and hand digging a trench, in the sand on the beach....
We're artists at age 3 !
Thanks for taking us along. 🇺🇲
Seen River flowing in the Desert 🌵 is definitely rewarding Steve.Great Videos Steve as always. 😃
I was pretty surprised to see how green it was down by the river. Wasn't aware it was as big as it was.
What ever ...I enjoy the show
...Thanks Again.....
Art or not,it’s something to look at. Great videos. I live vicariously through your videos. Thank you.
To me it's beautifully symbolic of how humans try to change nature, but nature always reclaims. It's Brilliant!
Thank You for this Video and it really shows what this generation is interested in ...I grew up taking family vacation each year and it was a big deal...we rented a RV and travel to New Mexico and Colorado and Texas just looking at Natural wonder's....The Redwood Trees of Northern California was my favorite and even Carlsbad Caverns was my favorite
Great job, Steve. It seems as if no part of the earth is so far out-of-the-way that man can't find a way to deface it.
Love your commentary on this. 100% agree
Interesting. Well art is in the eye of the beholder but… “that would be a nah for me dog”! But the green valley with the Virgin River is gorgeous!
"Art is in the eye of the beholder." A phrase created and quoted by a wanna-be artist to justify a very, very bad idea as being "art." Don't believe it.
It is a very dumb saying. I can drop a deuce and call it art but what are really looking at there?
Welcome to my neck of the woods! I live in Overton and I've been to Double Negative. To answer your question, no, I don't think it's a work of art and it's a pain to get to. Rough going with my 2wd Rav4. Anyway, hope you enjoyed your time in the Moapa Valley!
Great video, Steve. The fact that nothing is there makes us question the very definition of “art.” And it also required some creativity and human sweat equity. So I say, “Sure, it qualifies as art.” (But art is totally subjective, so I’m thinking not everyone will like or appreciate it!)
Doing *something* is usually better than doing *nothing* . I find this curiously interesting; I will probably visit it someday. I am glad you made drone video of it since that is what I would be doing and now I don't really need to.
Hay Steve,I like double negative! I also like the mower ha.
Thanks mate.
I didn't get the mower at all. I wonder if it still works.
Great views! There's the art!
If that's art, then anything can be called art ! 😮
Why I said it struck me as a joke in my comment.
That's true. I remember seeing a pile of scrap sponge rubber on the floor of a museum. It was titled "Heap #1." I don't know if it was intended to be serious or not, but I suppose it's best to take it as a joke.
"then anything can be called art !"
But only art can define art (paraphrasing Matt Walsh).
@@thomasmaughan4798 then what is Art ?🙄
@@steveyoung9951 "then what is Art ?"
I can define "woman" but not "art". Art is whatever anyone claims is art. I wonder sometimes if Picasso considered his later work "art" but obviously other people do.
It is a bit like the "Emperors New Clothes" where I dare not reveal how uncultured I am because I do not appreciate Picasso. On the other hand, Rembrandt paintings are indisputably art, and so is Michelangelo's sculpture.
So to paraphrase a famous supreme court justice, "I cannot define art but I know it when I see it."
I suppose something is art if the artist intends it to be art and infuses it with emotion even if the artist is the only person on earth that feels it. Or at least claims to infuse it with something.
My friend, you must move beyond any pre-conceived thoughts or ideas about what art is and give your mind a broader range of possibility. What the artist had in mind goes deeper than you are allowing yourself to go. It is Art! It is Earth Art. You might want to look up the concept of Ma as it relates to the space between. This is amazing. Thank you for taking your time and resources to bring it to me and your fellow subscribers. With love and respect from Arizona.
IMO if you took the time to visit, talk about, and acknowledge the work, then it is art! It made some sort of impression on you. It was man made with the intention of being art and you experienced it as intended. All it takes is for the artist to say so. Kinda like John Cage's 4'33" there are no sounds, yet a composition is there. Love your videos!
On my to-do list to see but thanks for the look (the aerial shots being the best IMO), Heizer also has a new project but last I heard only six people a day are allowed to see it and you have to book well in advance. Also in Nevada, it's called "City" but they won't let you video it. If people come across a Heizer they are familiar with it is probably "Levitated Mass" at LACMA (a cement trench where you walk under a large boulder). My number one recommendation in this area of art is Robert Smithson's "Spiral Jetty" in the Great Salt Lake. You take the road out of Promontory (where the train lines met, Golden Spike, etc.) Easy drive down a dirt road and definitely worth it in my opinion though visibility depends on the lake level..
That drop off makes me want to run and leap off - with a hang glider. I guess I should get a hang glider.
first i thought it is just a trench and didnt think too much of it. but when i saw the second trench across the ravine i loved it immediately
I guess art like beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but as for me, I thank you for making the trek so the rest of us can go somewhere else 😂 love the view of the river!
Thank you for your work. I am still amazed at how people assume everyone has a Facebook account.