Malia Jensen's Nearer Nature: Worth Your Salt
Nearer Nature is a statewide series of projects created by artist Malia Jensen and supported by the Oregon Community Foundation. In 2019, Jensen placed six carved salt sculptures in locations that stretch across Oregon to form a body lying in repose. As the sculptural mineral licks attracted animals, 18 motion-activated cameras captured hundreds of hours of footage over a period of six months. Jensen edited the video into a six-hour artwork that highlights mesmerizing sequences of wildlife interactions in the surrounding landscape. The video is currently on view at the gallery through December 2, 2019, and continuously played on monitors in a variety of unexpected locations throughout Oregon October 18 - December 2, 2019. See the complete list of locations at www.maliajensenstudio.com
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Nearer Nature: Worth Your Salt
Video Locations: October 18 - December 2, 2019
San Dune Pub ~ 127 Laneda Ave. Manzanita, OR, 97130 ph. (503) 368-5080
Mon-Thurs: 11am - 9pm, Fri-Sat: 11:30am-10pm: Sun 11:30am-8pm
Neah-Kah-Nie High School Library ~ visitors by appointment only ~ ph. (503) 355-2272 24705 Hwy 101, Rockaway Beach, OR, 97756
King School Museum of Contemporary Art (KSMoCA), Martin Luther King Jr. School 4906 NE 6th Ave, Portland, OR, 97211 ~ visitors by appointment only~ www.ksmoca.com
OHSU: Dept. of Molecular & Medical Genetics, Richard Jones Hall 4500
3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Rd, Portland, OR, 97239 Mon - Fri: 8am - 6pm
Visitor parking is very limited ~ Consider the aria! tram from SW Moody & Gibbs
Skyline Tavern ~ 8031 NW Skyline Blvd, Portland OR, 97229
Mon-Fri: 12pm-11 pm, Sat-Sun: 11 am-11 pm ph. (503) 286-4788
Elizabeth Leach Gallery ~ 417 NW 9th Ave, Portland, OR, 97209
Tues - Sat: 10:30 - 5:30pm ph. (503) 224-0521
Tygh Valley General Store ~ 57714 Tygh Valley Rd, Tygh Valley, OR, 97063
Mon - Fri: 7am - 6pm, Sat -Sun: 8am - 6pm ph. (541) 483-2324
The Riverside Restaurant ~ 597 US-197, Maupin, OR, 97037
Mon-Sat: 11am - 1 0pm, Sun: 11 am - 9pm (closed Tuesday's) ph. (541) 395-2438
Oregon Feed and Irrigation ~ 2215 NW 6th St, Redmond, OR, 97756 ph. (541) 548-5344
Mon - Sat: 8am - 5:30pm, Sun: 10am -4pm
Arrowhead Chocolates ~ 45 Main St, Joseph, OR, 97846 ~ Open daily, 7am - 5pm
Wallowa Valley Center for Wellness: Annex~ 301 W Main St, Enterprise, OR, 97828
Monday 8am - 5pm, Tues - Thurs: 8am - 7pm ph. (541) 426-4524
DeBoer Sculpture Building, Oregon Center for the Arts at Southern Oregon University 1350 Siskiyou Blvd, Ashland, OR, 97520 ~ visible from outside the windows 24/7
In addition to the generous participants listed above, Nearer Nature extends very special thanks and appreciation to Westwind Farm Studio, the Lower Nehalem Community Trust, LH Project, Gary Nolton, Justesen Ranch and Ryan Kitson for camera location support. Worth Your Salt is Part One in a series of projects by artist Malia Jensen created with support from the Creative Heights Initiative of the Oregon Community Foundation.
Chance meetings, honest conversation, animal instinct, and tenacity have guided this project and it's my hope that you will find parallel experiences as you seek out and watch the resulting video. Consider the fragile beauty of the world we share, find respite in the company of animals, talk to strangers, savor a random experience and don't forget to leave a note in the guest book. With love and gratitude, Malia
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