Texas Ranging 03. Marfa

Research Blog | January 13, 2011

Jan 09 Spent much of the day at The Chinati Foundation , on the grand tour. The work feels…not exactly off-the-grid (despite being off the grid), but definitely not on the grid, either. It’s a pilgrimage site, a more stubborn, wilder, but gentried cousin of DIA Beacon. Chinati is a dynamic testimonial to Judd’s persistent,…

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Texas Ranging 02. Midland to Marfa

Research Blog | January 10, 2011

Well I left the beef fat and downstream petro behind, and took a plane to Midland TX. The earth looks scraped clean – and it kind of is, at least in patches (scraped and then bored down down through strata of hard and soft, old and older. Lots of oil pump jacks – the term…

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Houston waterway shut for days after beef fat leak

Research Blog | January 7, 2011

My comments in (italics) HOUSTON (AP) — The Coast Guard says a nearly one-mile stretch of the Houston Ship Channel will be closed for at least four days as workers use pitchforks and fishnets to corral, pierce and remove 15,000 gallons of beef fat. Coast Guard spokesman Richard Brahm says shipping has not been impacted…

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Texas Ranging 01. Houston

Research Blog | January 7, 2011

I am in TX — in Houston for the week. It is balmy. Jan 04 I flew from NY in an extra legroom three-seat row, next to two enormous men (one wide, one tall).  Aisle man pushed into middle man, leaving me a minuscule (standard) patch of space next to the window.  The aisle guy…

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