Sisyphus on Vacation

2006. Land art project, photograph, 60 x 82 inches. Video documentary 3 min 39 sec. Movie-Link

Sisyphus On Vacation is the product of a two-week artist-in-residency in the Austrian Alps in which I carried painted gray stones totaling 692 pounds to the top of a mountain. The project imitates the old Greek figure of a blinded Sisyphus in his futile attempt to roll a boulder uphill that would only roll back down just before reaching the summit – again and again. Part of the project was to persuade 20 fellow hikers successfully to help schlepping the stones.

The land art project Sisyphus On Vacation would be best shown as a large format print. The video serves as a documentary and tells the story of how the project came about. As a documentary it would be best presented on a small television or led screen next to the print.