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Sun Tunnels in the Utah Desert: The summer solstice, the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere and the official beginning of summer, is makred by an obscure art installation called the Sun Tunnels in a very remote part of the Utah desert. Concrete drain pipes -- are aligned to channel the sun's rays at precise celestial moments.
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Sun Tunnels in the Utah Desert: The summer solstice, the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere and the official beginning of summer, is makred by an obscure art installation called the Sun Tunnels in a very remote part of the Utah desert. Concrete drain pipes -- are aligned to channel the sun's rays at precise celestial moments.
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Broadcast June 2006 by NPR Day to Day.
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Review of Sun Tunnels [S. Carrier]
One of the things really good conceptual art can do is force a debate about what the hell constitutes art in the first place. This visit to the Sun Tunnels will do one of two things: Fill you with a deep burning need to drive four hours outside of Salt Lake City to experience a set of concrete tunnel sections lined up with the winter and summer solstice. Or its excessive mellowness and ersatz beat sensibilities will send you running for fresh air and a Big Mac. Both reactions would be completely valid. Which makes this little item such an interesting auditory Rorshach test.