Sun Tunnels by Nancy Holt, December 2002. Photo by Hikmet Sidney Loe.
With our best Happy Solstice wishes go out to all of the artists and art lovers who make Utah a great place for art, including Nancy Holt, creator of Sun Tunnels.
This shot is courtesy of Hikmet Loe, from the Winter Solstice in 2002. Follow the link below to read Loe’s essay that appeared in the January 2010 edition of 15 Bytes.
Marking Time at Sun Tunnels
by Hikmet Sidney Loe | photos by Hikmet Sidney Loe
In the ghost town of Lucin, Utah, about nine miles east of the Nevada border, the sun rose at 7:56 a.m. and set at 5:11 p.m. on December 21st. This date marked this year’s winter solstice, the shortest day of the year. For just over nine hours this desert terrain was graced with sunlight. Sunlight streaming thin and weak, sunlight without color and certainly without warmth. The type of sunlight that actually makes one yearn for the warm blanket of night, knowing that the next day’s sunrise will usher in a day that will be just a little bit longer than the last . . .
UTAH’S ART MAGAZINE SINCE 2001, 15 Bytes is published by Artists of Utah, a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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