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      November 1, 2018

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      December 18, 2020

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      Rise Coffee House Community Mural in Driggs, Idaho

      December 8, 2020

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      Teton Arts Mural in Driggs, Idaho

      October 21, 2020

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      Bonneville Salt Flats | Songs from the Road

      February 10, 2021

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      June 8, 2020

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      Guntersville Factory | Songs from the Road

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      Be Part of “I Wish You Peace”

      April 20, 2020

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      Music Workshop | Blue Ridge Parkway

      March 24, 2020

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      Art Workshop | Tent City on the US-Mexico…

      March 16, 2020

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      Songwriting Workshop | The Art Factory

      February 8, 2020

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      New Orleans from the Streets | Experimental Film

      May 13, 2020

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      The Himalayas | A Time Lapse Film

      March 1, 2018

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  • BEFORE THE AMERICAS
    • Before the Americas Project

      Emotion: Recorded in an Abandoned Bridge in China

      November 1, 2018

      Before the Americas Project

      Playing With Perspective: A Mural Time Lapse

      June 10, 2018

      Before the Americas Project

      Recording “Be”: Collaboration Across Five Countries

      May 27, 2018

      Before the Americas Project

      Paso A Paso: Sounds of the Himalayas

      May 7, 2018

      Before the Americas Project

      Sounds of China & Nepal

      March 14, 2018

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Bonneville Salt Flats | Songs from the Road

by Art We There Yet? February 10, 2021
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The Road to the Bonneville Salt Flats

What a mesmerizing place. The Bonneville Salt Flats had been on our bucket list for a while. For a photographer and an amateur geologist…this site was a must-stop.

We were en route from Driggs, Idaho to Elko, Nevada. Hopping from one mural project to the next. We only had one day to play at the Salt Flats. And, boy, did we play!

Jose shot drone footage of the bus flying across the flats. Mach speed 55! We recorded this Song from the Road, along with elements for the first Song Built from the World (think Paso A Paso, Americas-style).

And we had a wee bit too much fun playing with perspective, making the bus appear toy-sized.

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How did the Salt Flats form?

The region encompassing and surrounding the Bonneville Salt Flats was once an enormous body of water. Ancient Lake Bonneville once filled much of the Great Basin. When its water level dropped below the elevation of its outlet, it began the long process of evaporation. The only remnant of this once-giant lake is present day Salt Lake. The only other remaining evidence are the evaporated salt beds, forming a thick crust across much of the basin.

Unique. Striking. Beautiful.

An unsettling phenomenon

It blew us away how easy it would be to get lost on the flats. We drove not 15 minutes off the road, and we could see the highway in the distance. Yet when you find yourself completely devoid of nearby landmarks, a strange thing happens.

Your sense of direction becomes distorted, and you become unsure if you are traveling in the correct direction, even though you can see your destination far ahead.

It was a bizarre experience. One we both would repeat a million times over.

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Art We There Yet is a project to create art and music inspired by the Americas, celebrating our shared humanity and giving back to communities along the way. Aboard a school bus converted into an art and recording studio, we are traveling 30,000 miles across 23 countries of North, Central, and South America.

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