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Larry and Debby Kline
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Maquette
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Soledad Solution
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Soledad Solution addresses the well-publicized issues surrounding the use
of public land for religious displays. San Diego County hosts a number
of prominently displayed crosses which have been placed on public land and
situated on the county’s most visible mountain peaks. The crosses
on Mount Soledad and Mount Helix have inspired numerous legal suits stemming
from local government’s protection of these sites without regard to the
constitutionally mandated separation between church and state. Soledad Solution
solves this issue by suggesting an alternative that encourages viewers to
look at the cross as something other than a proprietary symbol of Christianity.
By erecting hundreds of crosses on these sites, we make reference to the
fact that symbols are imbued with many meanings. A cross which is generally
understood to represent the singular suffering of Jesus is transformed to
represent the thousands of Jewish citizens who were crucified during the
Roman siege of Jerusalem in the first century CE. The number of crosses
erected will be calculated from historical texts that document this period.
It is our wish to lease the land surrounding one of the city’s prominent
crosses in order to create this installation.
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