For want of a nail
By: Amy Franceschini and Michael Swaine
Publisher: Pilot Editions
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Santa Fe, New Mexico?
Language: eng
Number of pages: 40
ISBN-13: 9781624620942
Subjects: Pictorial works; In art; Manhattan Project (U.S.)
Notes: "On the occasion of the invitation to participate in SITElines: 2014, SITE Santa Fe's new biennial dedicated to contemporary art from the Americas, Amy Franceschini and Michael Swaine of Futurefarmers made three nails. For Want of a Nail engages New Mexico's complex nuclear history as it relates to land use, resource extraction and the breadth of decisions that were made within the Manhattan Project. Two inter-office memoranda found at the Los Alamos Historical Museum guide the process and form. Sent from the office of Dr. Robert Oppenheimer (lead physicist of the Manhattan Project) office in 1943, these memoranda describe a table for his office and a nail to hang his hat. The persistence and specificity of a request for a nail for Mr. Oppenheimer's hat (mentioned in both memoranda) inspired Futurefarmers to hesitate in this peculiar moment -- to make, by hand, this nail... This booklet was released at SITE Santa Fe on December 8. It is printed on manila paper and bound with a pamphlet stitch," --Publication Studio website (viewed on February 20, 2017).