Core Sample Sculpture Proposal

 The forthcoming sculpture will be an all-black, three-walled sculpture measuring 9 feet by 9 feet by 8.5 feet. The interior size and shape will reference the scale of man cages that transported miners through mining shafts, evoking the surrounding dark, tight spaces they experienced, and the embedded text pays them respect. 2,000 feet of core samples taken from the mine will be embedded around the exterior of the sculpture. The crew went on-site to measure and identify the core samples earlier this summer. The cores will be layered according to their rock type, inspired by the strata from which they derive. In the structure’s interior, poetic text will be embedded that responds to specific historical counts of individuals involved in Park City’s mining. Excerpts of the text will be embedded in the interior of the sculpture. By bringing together the inner and outer lives of mines, the historical and geological narratives intertwine to tell a story of placemaking in Park City.