The Dirt Show by H. Mathis

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoGrhQIrpJFm0yD16CjwwIsPgdcCtKuiWzql3VxLSVTp865T9XIGKEhgco0DUXaClqqRtO5U2HjX0GnX0jZGBqygrW0wAigSBcmNJ9VUputg3FTc5J3Gh983LJn7mW8oozvKCEpVRxvq30/s1600-h/Picture+49.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314353550429728914" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoGrhQIrpJFm0yD16CjwwIsPgdcCtKuiWzql3VxLSVTp865T9XIGKEhgco0DUXaClqqRtO5U2HjX0GnX0jZGBqygrW0wAigSBcmNJ9VUputg3FTc5J3Gh983LJn7mW8oozvKCEpVRxvq30/s400/Picture+49.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 381px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Clockwise from above left, Alaska, Florida, Hawaii and Utah, each with their respective soil samples</span></span><br /><br />On Craigslist, artist H. Mathis, posted a listing in each of the 50 United States, letting people know he was working on an art project and hoping for samples of actual dirt from each state.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTi2lMA_EIYArHFj2Q3o7BcCAMwVh8izZ5vGeADp8JhuUn_-wXSaLF9P09LL19oRPMyokJO6DoHYHK_SuUyGW3X3hWwkLkn3eyWTq_49jo_0L-namcVuMu2QgLM8t5mjowZIBV8i7fC9Kc/s1600-h/dirtcorrcursed.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314347351617334834" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTi2lMA_EIYArHFj2Q3o7BcCAMwVh8izZ5vGeADp8JhuUn_-wXSaLF9P09LL19oRPMyokJO6DoHYHK_SuUyGW3X3hWwkLkn3eyWTq_49jo_0L-namcVuMu2QgLM8t5mjowZIBV8i7fC9Kc/s400/dirtcorrcursed.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 395px; height: 463px;" /></a><br /><br />He explained that he'd created a "retrieval" system and would send a kit for the actual packaging and returning of the dirt, postage paid. He sent out over a hundred kits in hopes to get 50 usable samples for his project.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhARk7Rs26g2lcfK4SwHr6CHD7sQJ4JzlIPEp7cS9mAqpy8DkAdC0yspbAqeaC4-B5swUd9QtBwArnA3hyphenhyphen8eNqtgqEK7CFuZGrzIdMjL8nBfXaJHsUxE2MNLLdK8Ln5ePtlRUzEE7aLAiBZ/s1600-h/dirt19.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317152332914088850" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhARk7Rs26g2lcfK4SwHr6CHD7sQJ4JzlIPEp7cS9mAqpy8DkAdC0yspbAqeaC4-B5swUd9QtBwArnA3hyphenhyphen8eNqtgqEK7CFuZGrzIdMjL8nBfXaJHsUxE2MNLLdK8Ln5ePtlRUzEE7aLAiBZ/s400/dirt19.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" /></a><br /><br />He then had to sift through the samples, remove bugs, gravel and some other disgusting items and then dried most of the samples out. He then bagged and tagged them.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLFohCGi1gKVAmko93yhL5vw2jImmRwqgZhzENV04Yg99Zwa3pCavynsIK-QJNlU2NZymU7kbwolB3KvoQnbLj9JgdkoW_Ds-JbWmm275a7mxfbN6avxP6JurPd458T4b-h0_6xMoMpeHG/s1600-h/dirtcorrdirtbags.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314347257607267170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLFohCGi1gKVAmko93yhL5vw2jImmRwqgZhzENV04Yg99Zwa3pCavynsIK-QJNlU2NZymU7kbwolB3KvoQnbLj9JgdkoW_Ds-JbWmm275a7mxfbN6avxP6JurPd458T4b-h0_6xMoMpeHG/s400/dirtcorrdirtbags.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><br /><br />From there he created a very artfully displayed presentation in the Dirt Show, part of the <a href="http://multipolarprojects.blogspot.com/">Multi Polar Exhibition</a>, in which the culmination of the intensive dirt collection became an installation in which the dirt from each state was displayed on an individual rotating pedestal.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpXp5LV0bWNTJ3aRK1WXPANauJ23VdE2QycBLCO6qVdkwkfWCPCqfQM6n7rDasar2uF7PMjw6FM-Jiiq3qvwzSw0j7w4Wiwr9TCI6sKVFpr6rFziHSgBWLQY64o2pQlgm2z7Ijds-hm-Ps/s1600-h/dirt10.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314350902503999858" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpXp5LV0bWNTJ3aRK1WXPANauJ23VdE2QycBLCO6qVdkwkfWCPCqfQM6n7rDasar2uF7PMjw6FM-Jiiq3qvwzSw0j7w4Wiwr9TCI6sKVFpr6rFziHSgBWLQY64o2pQlgm2z7Ijds-hm-Ps/s400/dirt10.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMQ0vP3JCH44lT4sjgbhKuxpnDdfl8pvwEjoz_kaVruwq_DD8RigI-01NXoUBeBKR0ZXFm4pYk2El1rpUy4wPmN44_GX9WWFj7H2ji6g2AAq3HNmxZIkYWQ9Bg08_t8p4-z3ZYKESAKGMm/s1600-h/dirt111.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314350813473065378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMQ0vP3JCH44lT4sjgbhKuxpnDdfl8pvwEjoz_kaVruwq_DD8RigI-01NXoUBeBKR0ZXFm4pYk2El1rpUy4wPmN44_GX9WWFj7H2ji6g2AAq3HNmxZIkYWQ9Bg08_t8p4-z3ZYKESAKGMm/s400/dirt111.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 153px;" /></a><br /><br />And the orange surface on which the dirt was placed is shaped as each state.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_s-6LnFaJW-6E6fS6ZiyyEaoviPnUwQhQavghVQI1Nqa-QeoaRQsCJiuGTjX4_IjuGmad6t5W2hyKx7DGQ4m8w9Rv0FkCUgot5yyXr9IACq6abebLwAovcIe2XfJOEqmMduFterUQ1Zsn/s1600-h/th-10_ak.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314351291831739442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_s-6LnFaJW-6E6fS6ZiyyEaoviPnUwQhQavghVQI1Nqa-QeoaRQsCJiuGTjX4_IjuGmad6t5W2hyKx7DGQ4m8w9Rv0FkCUgot5yyXr9IACq6abebLwAovcIe2XfJOEqmMduFterUQ1Zsn/s400/th-10_ak.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigFSKH3ocN7WHSk8F1naCmGfq4nt33J-qg4bAKHbaARKiy1zijjQAK5c5dCEEvtRxmvQyChe29FbpqO4Oxm2wQEFg7ZxefrxmDSp7jijb_yFz2ZKVjaYUyxWnnPhHC6q28p4YFK7DXkZ4m/s1600-h/th-10_fl.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314351340160646114" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigFSKH3ocN7WHSk8F1naCmGfq4nt33J-qg4bAKHbaARKiy1zijjQAK5c5dCEEvtRxmvQyChe29FbpqO4Oxm2wQEFg7ZxefrxmDSp7jijb_yFz2ZKVjaYUyxWnnPhHC6q28p4YFK7DXkZ4m/s400/th-10_fl.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above left: Alaska and above right, Florida and their respective soil samples</span></span><br /><br />Dirt from AK to WY:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPq-hV4gqAqLO09P4LNOOjH53xivJ4uFr3yQlQaE0Ry9WmyvpBk9C39vRwcjm6v-q-r11speRlQNequTo5hA1V5q_mIVuQlAJXGg5V13HjL9hEp-0Mk8anYqlXrhjwCql5LluAiZecJCF5/s1600-h/Picture+55.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314347167310885986" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPq-hV4gqAqLO09P4LNOOjH53xivJ4uFr3yQlQaE0Ry9WmyvpBk9C39vRwcjm6v-q-r11speRlQNequTo5hA1V5q_mIVuQlAJXGg5V13HjL9hEp-0Mk8anYqlXrhjwCql5LluAiZecJCF5/s400/Picture+55.png" style="cursor: pointer; 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Mathis unusual thinking and expression at his site, <a href="http://antisuccess.com/">antisuccess.<br /></a><a href="http://antisuccess.com/" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314353073223104418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_I_rJd1jNeIeDqbvSCOONfZJcC1S87i61hRW0b1As4m8753snHFZazCB3lCIoEOTl9EEJwhcWoSuWPeJzZQNUkriVyvJlBoxDCsa1utt1gCPzW7JXNRj1EZAxZN0kGE3dAqKheeUenXbz/s400/h.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 144px;" /></a>

The Dirt Show by H. Mathis

Clockwise from above left, Alaska, Florida, Hawaii and Utah, each with their respective soil samples On Craigslist, artist H. Mathis, poste...

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