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Wednesday
October 2,
2024
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wrapping a barn in fabric sounds easy enough until you try to do it. it was my idea to use a boomlift and as luck had it a nearby neighbor, andy enge, lent us his. he trusted me to lift him to the roof, where he skillfully unfurled and draped the unwieldy bundle despite high wind gusts that made this part of the job perilous. but because of a power line in the way, one side remained to be sewn into place, which is what sarah is doing here. this art piece by cathi schwalbe is intended to draw attention to this humble roadside barn with a secret history to share: it narrowly avoided being destroyed by the tornadoes of 1870--a local catastrophe that still haunts the edge of memory. |