Written in bridge trusses, i-beams and other re-purposed industrial materials, Billy Tripp’s Mindfield Cemetery, begun in 1989, is a monumental display of his life’s story and experiences. He climbs the 125 foot height un-tethered and expects to continue expanding the Mindfield’s already block-long footprint until he’s physically unable. A fan of travel writer William Least Heat-Moon, the prominent metal canoe used to navigate through parts of his 1997 book River-Horse: The Logbook of a Boat Across America and now suspended roughly in the center of the Mindfield was given to Billy by the author.

Billy taped prints I sent to his truck.

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• Art Environments - Midwest | Photos by Fred Scruton