{"id":8881,"date":"2011-11-10T07:00:43","date_gmt":"2011-11-10T07:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zatista.com\/blog\/?p=8881"},"modified":"2017-05-05T14:05:04","modified_gmt":"2017-05-05T18:05:04","slug":"over-the-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zatista.com.au\/blog\/2011\/11\/10\/over-the-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Art Over the River"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_8890\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christojeanneclaude.net\/prog_river.shtml\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8890\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8890\" title=\"08\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zatista.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/08-400x307.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zatista.com.au\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2011\/11\/08-400x307.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.zatista.com.au\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2011\/11\/08.jpg 586w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8890\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&quot;Over the River&quot; by Christo and Jeanne-Claude <\/p><\/div>\n<p>Mark your calendars for late summer of 2014 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Christo_and_Jeanne-Claude\">Christo<\/a>&#8216;s next project has been approved! In the incubator since the early 1990s,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.christojeanneclaude.net\/\">Christo and Jeanne-Claude<\/a>&#8216;s &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.christojeanneclaude.net\/prog_river.shtml\">Over the River<\/a>&#8221; installation includes eight suspended panels totaling nearly 6 miles along a 42 mile stretch of the\u00a0<a title=\"Arkansas River\" rel=\"geolocation\" href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=33.775,-91.0708333333&amp;spn=0.1,0.1&amp;q=33.775,-91.0708333333 (Arkansas%20River)&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\">Arkansas River<\/a> in southern Colorado, three hours southwest of Denver.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8891\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christojeanneclaude.net\/prog_river.shtml\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8891\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8891   \" title=\"02Mini\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zatista.com\/art\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2011\/11\/02Mini.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"307\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8891\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&quot;Over the River&quot; by Christo and Jeanne-Claude<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Currently waiting further permitting, construction is expected to begin in 2012 and will culminate in a two week showing in 2014. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/11\/08\/us\/United-States-Approves-Christos-Over-the-River-Project-in-Colorado.html?nl=todaysheadlines&amp;emc=tha23\">New York Times<\/a> reports, &#8220;Christo&#8217;s larger-than-life vision [for this project] has divided environmentalists, residents and politicians for years over questions of aesthetics, nature and economic impact.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8892\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christojeanneclaude.net\/major_trees.shtml\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8892\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8892   \" title=\"christo trees\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zatista.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/christo-trees-400x133.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"190\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8892\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&quot;Wrapped Trees&quot; by Christo and Jeanne-Claude<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The article continues, &#8220;Federal officials said that \u201cOver the River\u201d could generate $121 million in economic output and draw 400,000 visitors, both during the construction \u2014 which could become its own tourist event \u2014 and the display itself.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8893\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christojeanneclaude.net\/major_gates.shtml\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8893\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8893\" title=\"christo gates\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zatista.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/christo-gates-400x243.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zatista.com.au\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2011\/11\/christo-gates-400x243.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.zatista.com.au\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2011\/11\/christo-gates.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8893\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&quot;The Gates&quot; by Christo and Jeanne-Claude<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Christo\u2019s projects \u2013 including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christojeanneclaude.net\/major_pontneuf.shtml\">The Pont Neuf Wrapped<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christojeanneclaude.net\/major_umbrellas.shtml\">The Umbrellas<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christojeanneclaude.net\/major_reichstag.shtml\">Wrapped Reichstag<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christojeanneclaude.net\/major_trees.shtml\">Wrapped Trees<\/a>, and most recently\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.christojeanneclaude.net\/major_gates.shtml\">The Gates<\/a> in New York&#8217;s Central Park \u2013 are breathtakingly beautiful to witness.\u00a0If you haven&#8217;t seen one in person yet, now is the time. Run, don&#8217;t walk, to Colorado in 2014.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8895\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christojeanneclaude.net\/major_gasometer.shtml\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8895\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8895 \" title=\"Christo The Wall\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zatista.com\/art\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2011\/11\/Christo-The-Wall.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8895\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&quot;The Wall \u2013 13,000 Oil Barrels&quot; by Christo and Jeanne-Claude<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Which Christo projects have you experienced? 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