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Chiyo-chichi

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9. Found this in the NYT.

Reply to dalton99a (Reply #8)

Sun Nov 29, 2020, 11:02 AM

Nov 2020

"Some online sleuths, using Google Earth to determine when the sculpture materialized in the desert, are still asserting that it was placed there around 2016, well after McCracken’s death."

There's speculation that it was made by the late artist John McCracken or an acolyte of his.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/27/arts/design/john-mccracken-utah-monolith.html

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Utah's Desert Monolith Mysteriously Vanishes [View all] babylonsister Nov 2020 OP

they should have set up a critter cam on it Blues Heron Nov 2020 #1

Right. Makes me think they did not want to know. efhmc Nov 2020 #2

MIB Dave in VA Nov 2020 #3

I am positive that it was the same guys that scatter my trash every two weeks Ferrets are Cool Nov 2020 #4

The Dominion Electronic Vote Flipper... orwell Nov 2020 #5

What are we going to do now? Sneederbunk Nov 2020 #6

How do they know it was installed in 2016? Chiyo-chichi Nov 2020 #7

Bingo. dalton99a Nov 2020 #8

Found this in the NYT. Chiyo-chichi Nov 2020 #9

Lots of nice clear fingerprints on the aluminum... CanonRay Nov 2020 #10

sounds like a senior art project for Utah State librechik Nov 2020 #11