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Center for Land Use Interpretation: Wendover Residencies

CAE1041

Summary Note

This archive contains materials relating to Center for Land Use Interpretation’s (CLUI) Wendover Residency Program, which was created in 1997 and ended after the 2015 residency, to support the development of new interpretive methodologies and ideas.

Biographical Note

Matthew Coolidge is the founder and director of The Center for Land Use Interpretation (CLUI), has been a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellow and a media art fellow of the Tribeca Film Institute and a Lucelia Artist. Coolidge, an American born in Montreal, is the son of a medieval history professor and the brother of the Los Angeles-based photographer Miles Coolidge. Matthew moved to Boston when he was 14 and later earned a B.A. in environmental studies and informal minors in contemporary art and film from Boston University in 1991. He moved to California in 1992 and built models for students at the California Institute for the Arts before co-founding Center for Land Use Interpretation (CLUI) with a group of friends.

CLUI is a non-profit art/research organization that employs a multimedia and multidisciplinary approach to increase and diffuse knowledge about how the nation’s lands are apportioned, utilized and perceived. He serves as a project director, photographer and curator for CLUI exhibitions, and has written several books published by the CLUI, including Back to the Bay: An Examination of the Shoreline of the San Francisco Bay Region (2001), and The Nevada Test Site: A Guide to America’s Nuclear Proving Ground (1996). He lectures widely in the United States and Europe on contemporary landscape matters, and is a faculty member in the Curatorial Practice Program at the California College of the Arts, where he teaches a class about “nowhere”. Coolidge received a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship in 2004.

Scope and Content

The Center for Land Use Interpretation is dedicated to the increase and diffusion of information about how the nation’s lands are apportioned, utilized, and perceived. It is a research and education organization interested in understanding the nature and extent of human interaction with the earth’s surface, and in finding new meanings in the intentional and incidental forms that we individually and collectively create. We believe that the manmade landscape is a cultural inscription that can be read to better understand who we are, and what we are doing.

The organization was founded in 1994, and since that time it has produced dozens of exhibits on land use themes and regions, for public institutions all over the United States, as well as overseas. The Center publishes books, conducts public tours, and offers information and research resources through its library, archive, and web site.

The CLUI exists to stimulate discussion, thought, and general interest in the contemporary landscape. Neither an environmental group nor an industry affiliated organization, the work of the Center integrates the many approaches to land use - the many perspectives of the landscape - into a single vision that illustrates the common ground in “land use” debates. At the very least, the Center attempts to emphasize the multiplicity of points of view regarding the utilization of terrestrial and geographic resources.

The Center’s Wendover residency program was begun in 1997 with the leasing of surplus buildings at the former U. S. Army Wendover Airfield, which during WW II was the largest military base in the world. The Center operates a residence program there to support the development of new interpretive methodologies and ideas. The program is open to artists, researchers, theorists, or anyone who works with land and land use issues in an innovative and engaging manner. Residents primarily work out of the CLUI facilities at Wendover, Utah, and explore and interpret the landscape of that unique and inspiring geographic region, which includes the Great Salt Lake and its desert and salt-flat environs.

Arrangement

The Center for Land Use Interpretation: Wendover Residencies archive is organized into series organized by year. Each series consists of the year’s residency proposals, including accepted and rejected proposals.
  • Series 1: Wendover Residency Logbooks
  • Series 2: 1998
  • Series 3: 1999
  • Series 4: 2000
  • Series 5: 2001
  • Series 6: 2002
  • Series 7: 2003
  • Series 8: 2004
  • Series 9: 2005
  • Series 10: 2006
  • Series 11: 2007
  • Series 12: 2008
  • Series 13: 2009
  • Series 14: 2010
  • Series 15: 2011
  • Series 16: 2012

Inclusive Dates

1975-2015

Bulk Dates

1998-2015

Quantity / Extent

6 cubic feet

Language

English, German

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  • CAE1101: Kristin Posehn: Architectures
  • CAE1215: Mark Klett and William L. Fox: The Half-Life of History
  • CAE-ARTIST: Blatt Folder

Related Publications

Center for Land Use Interpretation, Overlook: Exploring the Internal Fringes of America with the Center for Land Use Interpretation, Matthew Coolidge and Sarah Simons, eds. New York, NY: Metropolis Books, 2006.

Fox, William L. Playa Works: The Myth of the Empty. Reno, NV: University of Nevada Press, 2002.

Fox, William L. Aereality: On the World from Above. Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint, 2009.

Hood, Charles. A Salad Only the Devil Would Eat. Berkely, CA: HeyDay, 2021.

Klett, Mark, and William L. Fox: The Half-Life of History. Santa Fe, NM: Radius Books, 2011..

MA Program in Curatorial Practice, California College of the Arts. Wendover. Leigh Markopoulos, ed. San Francisco, CA: California College of the Arts, 2010.

Pancin, Jean-Michel, Paul Ardenne, and Christophe Le Gac. Wendover, no(s) limit(e)s. Blou, France: Monografik Editions, 2008.

Container Listing by Series:

CAE1041/1 Series 1: Program Information, 1997 - 2008

Series 1 includes program information and residency logbooks from the residency program.

  • ARCH-FILE 9-1

    • 1-1 Program Information and Logbooks (1 of 2), 1997-2000

CAE1041/2 Series 2: 1998, 1995-2003

Series 2 contains materials related to the 1998 applicants and residencies.

  • ARCH-FILE 9-1

    • 2-1 Coyne, Kelly, 1998
    • 2-2 Harbison, James, 1997-2000
    • 2-3 Könitz, Alice, 1997-2008
    • 2-4 Kunkel, Jeremy, 1997-2010
    • 2-5 Odem, Jennifer, 1997-1998
    • 2-6 Reed, John, 1997-1999
    • 2-7 Steensma, Jennifer, 1997-2003

Additional Materials

  • Archive S-Box 25

    • 2-1#1 Tragic Trajectories (1), Photograph, 1998
    • 2-3#4 Untitled, Eternally Sun-Baked Installation (1), Photograph, 1998
    • 2-3#5 Untitled, Eternally Sun-Baked Installation (2), Photograph, 1998
    • 2-4#7 Untitled, Camera Obscura, Photograph, 1998

CAE1041/3 Series 3: 1999, 1998-2010

Series 3 contains materials related to the 1999 applicants and residencies.

  • ARCH-FILE 9-1

    • 3-1 Bluhm, Erik R., and Mark Sundeen, (Great God Pan), 1996-2000
    • 3-2 Hood, Charles, 1993-2010
    • 3-3 Irving, Sara, 1998-2001
    • 3-4 Nohe, Tim, 1998-2010
    • 3-5 Ruwedel, Mark, 1991-2010
    • 3-6 SIMPARCH (1 of 2), 1999-2010
    • 3-7 SIMPARCH (2 of 2), 1999-2010

Additional Materials

  • ARCH-OBJ 13

    • 3-7#1 SIMPARCH Journal (1 of 3), 1999
    • 3-7#3 SIMPARCH Journal (3 of 3), 1999

  • ARCH-OBJ 64

    • 3-2#1 Charles Hood Journal, 1999
    • 3-7#2 SIMPARCH Journal (2 of 3), 1999

  • Archive S-Box 25

    • 3-2#5 Wend Over CLUI Hood, Photograph, 1999

CAE1041/4 Series 4: 2000, 1975-2010

Series 4 contains materials related to the 2000 applicants and residencies.

  • ARCH-FILE 9-1

    • 4-1 Erikson, Christa, 2001
    • 4-2 Hooper, Cynthia, Earling Sjovold, and Jerry Smith, 1999-2010
    • 4-3 Lead Pencil Studio, (Mihalyo Daniel, Annie Han), 1999-2010
    • 4-4 Menzies, Richard, 1999-2010
    • 4-5 Mohné, Achim, 2000-2010
    • 4-6 Stroup, Derek, 1999-2010

Additional Materials

  • Archive S-Box 25

    • 4-3#1 Untitled, Photograph, 2000 (12” x 11”)
    • 4-4#1 Blue Lake, Photograph, 2000

CAE1041/5 Series 5: 2001, 1993-2010

Series 5 contains materials related to the 2001 applicants and residencies.

  • ARCH-FILE 9-1

    • 5-1 Barrar, Wayne, 2000-2010
    • 5-2 Kane, Ted, 2001-2010
    • 5-3 Smallwood, Scott, 2001-2010
    • 5-4 Stratman, Deborah, 1999-2010
    • 5-5 Trantel, Piet, 1993-2001

CAE1041/6 Series 6: 2002, 2001-2007

Series 6 contains materials related to the 2002 applicants and residencies.

  • ARCH-FILE 9-1

    • 6-1 McConnell, Liza, 2002-2007
    • 6-2 Sowls, Jessica, 2001-2006

CAE1041/7 Series 7: 2003, 1998-2010

Series 7 contains materials related to the 2003 applicants and residencies.

  • ARCH-FILE 9-1

    • 7-1 Arpad, Tori,, 2003
    • 7-2 Brown, Bill, 2002-2003
    • 7-3 Flagen, Are, 2002-2004
    • 7-4 Harris, Catherine, 2002-2003
    • 7-5 Lucas, Martin, 1998-2010

Additional Materials

  • ARCH-OBJ 13

    • 7-2#4 Railbike: Outrigger (please don't bust), 2003 CAE Box 57

  • Archive S-Box 25

    • 7-6#1 Municipal Workshop CLUI Rover Project 1, 2003
    • 7-6#2 Municipal Workshop CLUI Rover Project 2, 2003
    • 7-6#3 Municipal Workshop CLUI Rover Project 3, 2003
    • 7-6#4 Municipal Workshop CLUI Rover Project 4, 2003
    • 7-6#5 Municipal Workshop CLUI Rover Project 5, 2003
    • 7-6#6 Municipal Workshop CLUI Rover Project 6, 2003
    • 7-6#7 Municipal Workshop CLUI Rover Project 7, 2003

CAE1041/8 Series 8: 2004, 2003-2010

Series 8 contains materials related to the 2004 applicants and residencies.

  • ARCH-FILE 9-2

    • 8-1 Hogan, John Brinton, 2004-2010
    • 8-2 eteam (Franziska Lamprecht, and Hajoe Moderegger), 2004-2010
    • 8-3 Poole, Paula, and Bret Stabaum, 2004-2010
    • 8-4 Sambunaris, Victoria, 2003-2010
    • 8-5 Stayner, Christian, 2004
    • 8-6 Ward, Cathy, and Eric Wright, 2004-2010

CAE1041/9 Series 9: 2005, 2003-2010

Series 9 contains materials related to the 2005 applicants and residencies.

  • ARCH-FILE 9-2

    • 9-1 Behr, Bernd, 2005-2010
    • 9-2 Kurland, Zelig, 2004-2005
    • 9-3 Klett, Mark, and Bill Fox, 2001-2005
    • 9-4 Pancin, Jean-Michel, and Etienne Bernard, 2004-2008
    • 9-5 Raven, Lucy, 2005-2009
    • 9-6 Saxton, Richard, (Municipal Workshop), 2003-2007
    • 9-7 Schink, Hans-Christian, 2004-2005
    • 9-8 Scrupe, Mara Adamitz, 2004-2010

Additional Materials

  • ARCH-OBJ 64

    • 9-3#1 WENDOVER, NO(S) LIMIT(E)S, by Jean-Michel Pancin, 2008 CAE Box 250

CAE1041/10 Series 10: 2006, 2001-2011

Series 10 contains materials related to the 2006 applicants and residencies.

  • ARCH-FILE 9-2

    • 10-1 Arndt, John (1 of 5), 2005-2010
    • 10-2 Arndt, John (2 of 5), 2005-2010
    • 10-3 Arndt, John (3 of 5), 2005-2010
    • 10-4 Arndt, John (4 of 5), 2005-2010
    • 10-5 Arndt, John (5 of 5), 2005-2010
    • 10-6 Bash, Katherine, 2005-2007
    • 10-7 Blatt, Lisa, 2007-2011
    • 10-8 Conley, Brian, 2006-2010
    • 10-9 Hill, Nicole Jean, 2005-2011
    • 10-10 Hogue, Martin, 2005-2011
    • 10-11 Koenig, Stephanie, and David Clayton, 2006-2007
    • 10-12 Kogelsberger, Uta, 2006-2010
    • 10-13 Tuazon, Oscar, 2006-2010

Additional Materials

  • ARCH-OBJ 1

    • 10-1#6 Found Spent Ammunition, Not dated
    • 10-1#7 Found Spent Ammunition, Not dated

  • Archive F5 Oversized items

    • 10-7#1 CAD gallery layout, 2008

CAE1041/11 Series 11: 2007, 2005-2011

Series 11 contains materials related to the 2007 applicants and residencies.

  • ARCH-FILE 9-2

    • 11-1 Colburn, Lewis, 2007-2010
    • 11-2 Doherty, Robin, 2006-2008
    • 11-3 Dunn, Jess, 2006-2007
    • 11-4 Govedare, Philip, 2006-2008
    • 11-5 Gump, Owen, 2006-2010
    • 11-6 Hummel, Carol, 2006-2008
    • 11-7 Laslberger, Rita, and Günter Stöger, 2006-2010
    • 11-8 Lion, Jenny, 2006-2007
    • 11-9 Lamouroux, Vincent, 2006-2007
    • 11-10 McCormick, Matt, 2006-2011
    • 11-11 Posehn, Kristin, 2006-2010
    • 11-12 Shepard, Cassim, 2005-2007

Additional Materials

  • Archive F5 Oversized items

    • 11-1#25 CAD documentation of guardhouse in Wendover, 2010

CAE1041/12 Series 12: 2008, 2006-2011

Series 12 contains materials related to the 2008 applicants and residencies

  • ARCH-FILE 9-2

    • 12-1 Cowles, Sarah, 2007-2010
    • 12-2 Lacy, Steve, 2007-2008
    • 12-3 Nowhere Group, 2007-2009
    • 12-4 Olsen, Erica, 2007-2012
    • 12-5 Sternbach, Joni, 2006-2011
    • 12-6 White, Neal, 2007-2011

Additional Materials

  • ARCH-OBJ 71

    • 12-3#2 Shot Full of Holes

  • Archive S-Box 26

    • 12-3#6e Shot Full of Holes, Sculpture, 2008

CAE1041/13 Series 13: 2009, 2006-2013

Series 13 contains materials related to the 2009 applicants and residencies

  • ARCH-FILE 9-2

    • 13-1 Estep, Jan, 2007-2013
    • 13-2 Hofer, Jen, 2008-2011
    • 13-3 Miller, Dominic, 2008-2010
    • 13-4 Osborne, Erika, 2008-2010
    • 13-5 Ray, Rob, 2008-2010
    • 13-6 Strand, Ginger, 2008-2010
    • 13-7 Visitors and Miscellaneous Notes, 2009

CAE1041/14 Series 14: 2010, 2002-2015

Series 14 contains interview materials and materials related to the 2010 applicants and residencies.

  • ARCH-FILE 9-2

    • 14-1 Interviews, 2010-2011
    • 14-2 Castringius, Eva, 2002-2011
    • 14-3 Dusseault, Ruth, 2007-2010
    • 14-4 Fehr, Moritz and Maria Muhle, 2010-2013
    • 14-5 Hopkins, John, 2009-2012

  • ARCH-FILE 9-3

    • 14-6 Kavanagh, Mary, 2009-2011
    • 14-7 Keddell, William, 2009-2012
    • 14-8 Lamson, William, 2010-2015
    • 14-9 Loudenberg, Kelly, 2008-2010
    • 14-10 Rekow, Lea, 2010
    • 14-11 Rosa, Brian and Adam Ryder, 2010-2022
    • 14-12 Sagan, Miriam, 2010-2012
    • 14-13 Underwood, Barry, 2010-2013

Additional Materials

  • ARCH-OBJ 51 Object

    • 14-7#1 Bonneville Flats, Stereoscope, 2010 CAE Box 166

  • Archive F19 Oversized Items

    • 14-8#25 Hydrology, 2015

CAE1041/15 Series 15: 2011, 2010-2013

Series 15 contains applications, application materials, and correspondence related to the 2011 applicants and residencies.

  • ARCH-FILE 9-3

    • 15-1 Jones, David, Patrick Kikut, and Shelby Shadwell, 2003-2012
    • 15-2 McCaw, Shana and Brent Budsberg, 2007-2012
    • 15-3 Lindahl, Mikael, 2011-2012
    • 15-4 Osborne, Mike, 2010-2013
    • 15-5 Robertson, Ross, 2010-2011
    • 15-6 Torop, Dan (1 of 3), 2010-2013

Additional Materials

  • ARCH-OBJ 1

    • 15-1#40 Project Matchboxes (Patrick Kikut), 2011

  • ARCH-OBJ 3 Objects

    • 15-1#1 Box of Matchboxes (Patrick Kikut), 2011 CAE Box 26

  • ARCH-OBJ 28

    • 15-1#3 Survival Box (Patrick Kikut), 2011

  • ARCH-OBJ 71

    • 15-1#2 Great Basin Gold Mines Field Work (Patrick Kikut), 2012 CAE Box 264

CAE1041/16 Series 16: 2012, 2011-2013

Series 16 contains digital images, applications, and correspondence related to the 2012 applicants and residencies.

  • ARCH-FILE 9-3

    • 16-1 Jennings, Tom, 2012
    • 16-2 Livingstone, Lucy, 2012-2014
    • 16-3 Neander, Anna, 2011-2012
    • 16-4 Stevens, LeRoy, 2012-2013
    • 16-5 Shafer, Kathleen, 2011-2013
    • 16-6 Stocklosa, Max, 2011-2013

CAE1041/17 Series 17: 2013, 2011-2013

Series 16 contains digital images, applications, and correspondence related to the 2012 applicants and residencies.

Additional Materials

  • Archive F4

    • 17-2#1 GTA 1-414-21 Sheltering Instructions for all Personnel, Printed Metal Sign, 2013 (24” x 36”)

  • Archive Stand-Alone Box

    • 17-2#2 Bug Out location Tactical Shelter: R02D Bolts No. 1.414, Fabricated Shelter in Metal Box, 2013 (24 1/8”h x 17 ½”w x 9 1/8”d)

CAE1041/18 Series 18: 2014, 2011-2013

Series 16 contains digital images, applications, and correspondence related to the 2012 applicants and residencies.

Additional Materials

  • Archive F3 Oversized Items

    • 18-1#16a 25a Mirage Viewing Station Panel 1a, Photograph, 2014
    • 18-1#16b 25b Mirage Viewing Station Panel 1b, Photograph, 2014
    • 18-1#16c 25c Mirage Viewing Station Panel 1c, Photograph, 2014
    • 18-1#17a 26a Mirage Viewing Station Panel 2a, Photograph, 2014
    • 18-1#17b 26b Mirage Viewing Station Panel 2b, Photograph, 2014
    • 18-1#17c 26c Mirage Viewing Station Panel 2c, Photograph, 2014
    • 18-1#18a 27a Mirage Viewing Station Panel 3a, Photograph, 2014
    • 18-1#18b 27b Mirage Viewing Station Panel 3b, Photograph, 2014
    • 18-1#18c 27c Mirage Viewing Station Panel 3c, Photograph, 2014
    • 18-1#19a 28a Mirage Viewing Station Panel 4a, Photograph, 2014
    • 18-1#19b 28b Mirage Viewing Station Panel 4b, Photograph, 2014
    • 18-1#19c 28c Mirage Viewing Station Panel 4c, Photograph, 2014
    • 18-1#20a 29a Mirage Viewing Station Panel 5a, Photograph, 2014
    • 18-1#20b 29b Mirage Viewing Station Panel 5b, Photograph, 2014
    • 18-1#20c 29c Mirage Viewing Station Panel 5c, Photograph, 2014
    • 18-1#21a 30a Mirage Viewing Station Panel 6a, Photograph, 2014
    • 18-1#21b 30b Mirage Viewing Station Panel 6b, Photograph, 2014
    • 18-1#21c 30c Mirage Viewing Station Panel 6c, Photograph, 2014

  • Archive S-Box 25

    • 18-1#1 13 Mirage Viewing Station 1, 2014 (9” x 13”)
    • 18-1#2 14 Mirage Viewing Station 2, 2014 (9” x 13”)
    • 18-1#3 15 Mirage Viewing Station 3, 2014 (9” x 13”)
    • 18-1#4 16 Mirage Viewing Station 4, 2014 (9” x 13”)
    • 18-1#5 17 Mirage Viewing Station 5, 2014 (9” x 13”)
    • 18-1#6 18 Mirage Viewing Station 6, 2014 (9” x 13”)
    • 18-1#7 19 Mirage Viewing Station 7, 2014 (9” x 13”)
    • 18-1#8 20 Mirage Viewing Station 8, 2014 (9” x 13”)
    • 18-1#9 21 Mirage Viewing Station 9, 2014 (9” x 13”)
    • 18-1#15 10 Mirage Viewing Station 10, 2014 (9” x 13”)

  • Archive S-Box 26

    • 18-1#10 12 The Mirage Report, Photograph, 2014 (12 ¼” x 18”)
    • 18-1#11 11 Mirage Viewing Station Today!, Photograph, 2014 (17 5/8” x 12”)
    • 18-1#12 9 Bonneville Salt Flats, Mirage Viewing Station Today!, Photograph, 2014 (13” x 18 ¼”)
    • 18-1#13 22 The Country Turning Upside Down, Text Panel, 2015 (11” x 17”)
    • 18-1#14 24 Installation Diagram, Document, 2015 (11” x 17”)

CAE1041/19 Series 19: 2015, 2011-2013

Series 16 contains digital images, applications, and correspondence related to the 2012 applicants and residencies.

Additional Materials

  • Archive S-Box 26

    • 19-2#1 Map of Wendover Air Force Auxiliary Field and Range, Photograph, 2015 (12 7/8” x 16 ¼”)
    • 19-2#2 Map of Salton Sea, Photograph, 2015 (12 7/8” x 16 ¼”)