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Crossing Lines
Publication of a limited edition of the manuscript for Crossing Lines is projected for March, 2008. The book includes 180 illustrations. Artist David Barr carries the reader to some of the world's most intriguing remote locations in this narrative of his sculpture installations. Over the past thirty years, his work on the Four Corners Project, SunSweep, and Arctic Arc, have involved delving into some of the world's most mysterious places and diverse cultures. Crossing Lines consists of stories and images relating his experiences and, in the process, reveals the rich patterns that connect humanity.
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Coasting the Baseline
Coasting the Base Line is a non-profit educational project created by sculptor David Barr and coordinated by the Michigan Legacy Art Park (MLAP), A thirty-acre non-profit wilderness sculpture park near Thompsonville, Michigan. MLAP is dedicated to interdisciplinary learning through hands-on, project-based inquiry in an engaging environment.
The sculptural aspect of Coasting the Base Line comprises a series of granite obelisks situated along Michigan’s Base Line (Eight Mile Road in some places), which runs from the coast of Lake St. Clair to the coast of Lake Michigan. The first obelisk was erected on December 14, 2003, in Northville, Michigan. Each obelisk will offer a community – especially young people – opportunities to research how survey technology shaped our geographical, social, and economic landscapes; and to connect with communities across the base line.
Baseline Links
Coasting the Base Line pamphlet
Farmington Hills Base press release