The Four Mile Fire in Boulder; September 6, 2010. One hundred sixty-nine homes burnt to the ground, over 6,100 acres of forest incinerated. Tonight we watched a performance by Nathan Wheeler, who's family lost their home in the fire, that attempted to come to terms with and understand the physical and emotional devastation of irretrievable dispossession. Part of the musical performance was conducted on "instruments" made from the charred and melted remnants of their house and life- quite touching.
This particular piece could have been signed "R.Mutt" or Alexander Calder.
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