Tuesday, 29 April 2008

Christo and Jean Claude - Most Recent Work

Over the River

Plan of art piece




This project is taking place at the Arkansas River in Colarado, The United States.



Following text is taken from the official Over the River website - http://www.overtherivereis.com

"For more than a year, Christo and Jeanne-Claude have been working with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to get the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) process underway. This process is expected to take approximately 18 to 24 months, so it is important to begin it as soon as possible. To help provide sufficient planning information for the EIS, Christo and Jeanne-Claude hired a specialized engineering firm to conduct a detailed and thorough analysis of environmental impacts and mitigation measures. This analysis was completed last year and submitted to BLM in April 2007.

The BLM made this report available to the public on their website at the end of January 2008. It can be found at www.blm.gov/co.

Formal initiation of the EIS process should begin in the next two to three months, and the data presented in that report will be thoroughly evaluated by a contractor to be selected by the BLM to prepare the EIS. Assuming the approval process proceeds as anticipated, Over The River will be exhibited in summer 2012."

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