Blue River

Old Masonic Hall, BreckCreate, Breckenridge, Colorado, USA, 2019.
Site-specific installation. Variable dimensions. Cobble stones, wooden plates, 8 channel audio installation.

Blue River is an installation reflecting on the history of Breckenridge and particularly its radical transformation from gold mine to ski destination. Dredging is the action of excavating riverbeds to collect the precious minerals that lay below, turning them literally upside down. Licari creates a vast dredge rock field, unnaturally presented inside the building. Complementing the physical presence of the cobblestones is an audio piece consisting of 8 channels. The sound piece is created in collaboration with Nicola di Croce, sound artist and sound designer, who conducted field recordings of the river along the restored nine miles of the Blue river. The anthropogenic sound fills the room and immerses the spectator into the water, once hidden underneath the dredged rocks. This installation functions as a cathartic place for the public to sit, rest, and contemplate the role the hand of man plays on the makeup of the `natural´ world and ownership of the landscape.

Photos by Joe Kusumoto.