Vicksburg Harbor Project

US Army Corps of Engineers

My favorite group of images downloaded from the now defunct Visual Images Database of the USACE Mississippi Valley Division.

US Army Corps of Engineers

US Army Corps of Engineers

US Army Corps of Engineers

US Army Corps of Engineers

All of which begs the creation of an Artist-in-Residence Program at the Army Corps of Engineers. Imagine what hydrological labyrinths would Mary Miss have constructed. Or what cryptographic alluvial hagiography of the Mississippi would Robert Smithson have written; the encryption key is in the meanders. Michael Heizer in coitus at Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory meets John Deer meets ThyssenKrupp Fördertechnik. And perhaps Cai Guo-Qiang in collaboration with Naoya Hatakeyama might be permitted the use of a small nuclear warhead.


Notes on Some Selections from the Visual Images Database of the Mississippi Valley Division of the US Army Corps of Engineers