Running Fence

Running Fence

Running Fence was an installation art piece by Christo and Jeanne-Claude, which was completed on September 10, 1976. The builders removed it 14 days later, leaving no visible trace.cite web
url=http://christojeanneclaude.net/rf.shtml
title=Running Fence
accessdate=2008-01-31]

It consisted of a veiled fence convert|24.5|mi|km|0 long extending across the hills of Sonoma and Marin counties in northern California, United States. The convert|18|ft|m|0|adj=on high fence was composed of 2,050 panels of white nylon fabric hung from steel cables by means of 350,000 hooks. The cables were supported by 2,050 steel poles stuck into the ground and braced by steel guy wires anchored to the earth.

The route of the fence began near U.S. Highway 101 and crossed 14 roads and the private property of 59 ranchers to reach the Pacific Ocean near Bodega Bay. The required environmental impact report for the piece was 450 pages long.

The piece is said to have been partly inspired by fences demarcating the Continental Divide in Colorado.cite web
url=http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2002/christo/fence.shtm
title=Christo and Jeanne-Claude
accessdate=2008-01-31]

The piece was the subject of a 1978 documentary film "Running Fence" by Albert and David Maysles.cite web
title=Running Fence (1978)
url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0220741/
accessdate=2008-01-31]

The piece is commemorated by a quarter-acre regional park located at 15000 Bodega Highway, Bodega, California.cite web
title="Watson School Historic Park"
url=http://www.sonoma-county.org/parks/pk_watsn.htm
accessdate=2008-01-31]

References

ee also

*List of Sonoma County Regional Parks facilities
*Christo and Jeanne-Claude


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