Mist Station (Project for Basel)

• Artist: Dennis Oppenheim
• Medium: Graphite and colored pencil on paper
• Dates: 1979
• Dimensions: 38 x 50 in. (96.5 x 127 cm)
• Signature: Signed lower right: "Dennis Oppenheim"
• Inscriptions: Inscribed on image: "Mist Station Project for Basel, 1979. A collision factory for two passengers. Launch system with pulled back straps extends into trenches, in the earth. Raw material excavated and positioned on steel blades. Mounted carriers on tracks aimed to collide on tracks under 40' steel tower and above angled 20' diameter power blade. Constant flow of water travels from 10' diameter pan and through trough system to descend upon impact point. Spray received by system of mobile collection bins."
• Collection: Contemporary Art
• Museum Location: Brooklyn Museum, BMA, 2L12, 9F
• Accession Number: 83.258.3
• Image: 83.258.3_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 0,