Doug Aitken said : "Each and every moment of the sculpture will change continuously with the surrounding light and weather conditions, attracting repeat visits,"

abc-au Wednesday, August 19, 2020 7:26:00 AM EAT

Doug Aitken recalled : “We ended up sending a squadron’s worth of B-52Hs to Guam,” “At Guam, the deployed crews immediately began training in the conventional missions they were not proficient in — sea surveillance, mine laying and conventional ‘iron bomb’ missions”

news-yahoo Thursday, June 4, 2020 4:44:00 PM EAT

Doug Aitken says : “I love that idea that, you know, someone can just see it out of the corner of their eye. That someone can look at that object [and say], ‘What the hell is that thing? I'm going to follow it and see where it goes,’ ” “That idea where there’s this kind of, these moments of beautiful disruption across the landscape”

wbur Monday, July 22, 2019 12:53:00 PM EAT

Doug Aitken tells : “I think the future is the great question for all of us,”

wbur Monday, July 22, 2019 12:53:00 PM EAT

Doug Aitken says : “I wanted to [create an installation] that wasn’t static or fixed, but could change locations while also transforming itself [along the way],” “It became a mental exercise for me on how we could break stasis and have flow, and then I came up with the idea of making an artwork that could fly and would make the journey part of the narrative”

smithsonianmag Friday, July 19, 2019 8:03:00 PM EAT

Doug Aitken says : “This project in general is a little bit like a lighthouse,” “We're creating both a beacon of light where people can come and share, but we can also project these stories and narratives to an audience”

smithsonianmag Friday, July 19, 2019 8:03:00 PM EAT

Doug Aitken says : “It was something that we built from the ground up,” “The gondola is made from scratch and was made to serve as a kind of nomadic studio that a musician could use to improvise sound while flying over the landscape or a poet could use to recite spoken word”

smithsonianmag Friday, July 19, 2019 8:03:00 PM EAT

Doug Aitken said : "Each and every moment of the sculpture will change continuously with the surrounding light and weather conditions, attracting repeat visits,"

abc-au Wednesday, August 19, 2020 7:26:00 AM EAT

Doug Aitken recalled : “We ended up sending a squadron’s worth of B-52Hs to Guam,” “At Guam, the deployed crews immediately began training in the conventional missions they were not proficient in — sea surveillance, mine laying and conventional ‘iron bomb’ missions”

news-yahoo Thursday, June 4, 2020 4:44:00 PM EAT

Doug Aitken says : “I love that idea that, you know, someone can just see it out of the corner of their eye. That someone can look at that object [and say], ‘What the hell is that thing? I'm going to follow it and see where it goes,’ ” “That idea where there’s this kind of, these moments of beautiful disruption across the landscape”

wbur Monday, July 22, 2019 12:53:00 PM EAT

Doug Aitken tells : “I think the future is the great question for all of us,”

wbur Monday, July 22, 2019 12:53:00 PM EAT

Doug Aitken says : “I wanted to [create an installation] that wasn’t static or fixed, but could change locations while also transforming itself [along the way],” “It became a mental exercise for me on how we could break stasis and have flow, and then I came up with the idea of making an artwork that could fly and would make the journey part of the narrative”

smithsonianmag Friday, July 19, 2019 8:03:00 PM EAT

Doug Aitken says : “This project in general is a little bit like a lighthouse,” “We're creating both a beacon of light where people can come and share, but we can also project these stories and narratives to an audience”

smithsonianmag Friday, July 19, 2019 8:03:00 PM EAT

Doug Aitken says : “It was something that we built from the ground up,” “The gondola is made from scratch and was made to serve as a kind of nomadic studio that a musician could use to improvise sound while flying over the landscape or a poet could use to recite spoken word”

smithsonianmag Friday, July 19, 2019 8:03:00 PM EAT