Earthwork 2011
"A tractor his brush. The crops his paint. New York City his Canvas."
Overview
In 1994, real-life crop artist Stan Herd traveled from Kansas to Manhattan's Upper West Side to create a massive environmental artwork on land owned by Donald Trump. The multi-acre artwork was made from soil, rock, plants and vegetation near an underground railway tunnel. Stan recruited a number of homeless individuals living in the tunnel to become his crew. Over the months it took to complete the earthwork, Stan dealt with a myriad of difficulties in bringing his unique, rural art form to an u
Director: Chris Ordal
Cast
John Hawkes
Stan Herd
Zach Grenier
The Mayor
Bruce MacVittie
Peter B. Kaplan
Chris Bachand
Ryan
Scott Allegrucci
Andy Weiss
Laura Kirk
Janis Herd
Charlotte Kyle
Pregnant Woman
James McDaniel
Lone Wolf
Christie Scanlin Dobson
Nina Kurtz
Whitney Wegman-Wood
Pedestrian