Wb t Arts Halt £ alee $t?ibunc & Sunday Morning — March 29 1987 Section K Page 1 Entertainment O David Furman left and AF Caldiero stand in one of several rooms which comprise “Lost and Found: An Archaeological Composition” By Terry Orme Tribune Staff Writer A visitor to the Salt Lake Art Center in the last month couldn't help but notice that something resembling a small house is under construction in the Main Gallery A list of materials delivered to the art center in recent weeks includes 9000 square feet of particle board 6000 square feet of sheet plastic 128 linear feet of dry wall and metal studs 204 linear feet of metal partitions 4500 square feet of sand and dirt 350 running feet of foam rubber inThe structure is a multi-medi- a stallation incorporating sculpture recordings of the human voice graffiti pottery shards old tires and much more It's an "archaeological dig” a series of rooms in which visitors become the archaeologists peering into corners discovering evidence of ancient peoples in one room contemporary urban street youth in another It's entitled "Lost and Found: An Archaeological Composition” and is a collaborative effort involving several artists and craftsmen all under the direction of David Furman and A F Caldiero Furman is a California artist whose interest in cultures past and present is evident in his ceramic sculptures of miniature modern-da“digs" involving urban structures Since 1973 Furman has been a professor of art and head of the studio arts program at Pitzer College Claremont Calif His interest in the distant past was spurred by visits to Peru where he cultures studied Caldiero is a poet and sound artist who lives in Orem where he works as a technical writer for the WordPerfect Corp the computer software company Born in Sicily Caldiero’s family moved to New York while he was a boy He started writing poetry at the age of 11 "I stem from the ancient tradition which used the body as a medium for says Caldiero about his art His writings have been published in a collections He has worked y half-doze- n the Main Gallery a visitor to “Lost and Found” will be greeted by the eery dark opening of a cave Upon entering the visitor will be in a primordial environment in and "There will be breathing in and out" says Caldiero out “There will be grumbling The sound of rocks shifting” "It will be as if the earth is still in the process of expansion and contraction" interjects Furman “This room suggests a time long before man was editor of a literary review of Sicilian writers and has presented performances and exhibitions in New York Toronto and Sicily Caldiero and Furman were brought together by Gavle Weyher the project's director Furman and Weyher met in South America while both were studying on Fulbright fellowships Caldiero wandered in to Weyher's Main Street art gallery years later The two began to talk and a switch went off in Weyher's head — she had the players to do a project about which she’d long dreamed The budget for “Lost and Found” is $25000 $6000 of which came from a National Endowment for the Arts grant The balance came from corporate sponsors and will be enhanced from the sale of a catalog documenting the installation The catalog edited by Mary Gaddie includes articles by State of Utah Archaeologist David Madsen and Utah Holiday art critic Katherine Nelson Walking down the oak staircase in as the around" There is an element of time continuum to the installation Walking to the next room the visitor will be "warmed” by a fire Anasazi ruins take up one wall Other signs of man — handprints petroglyphs and pottery shards — will be evident "There will be drums chanting a o feeling of religious awe” says Cal-dier- “This is a time when man shared a very significant mystical cosmic relationship with the world around OF MICE AND MEN -T- nbune stott Photo by Paul ftoughion him” says Furman "He didn’t think of himself as separate from the natural landscape but rather a part of it — his architecture was built harmoniously into the rock He used caves as places for ritual" This room also will contain the first hints of man’s capacity for violence says Caldiero There will be the sounds of arrows hissing through the air "Coming out of the peace are the e violence” inklings of The third room of the installation breaks the time continuum established by the earlier spaces — it is a design based on ancient architecture materiyet constructed of high-tecals The visitor immediately will notice the sponge-rubbe- r softness of the floor which is also covered with sand The walls are foam rubber and are lined with phone-bootsized cubicles into which you may step and stand The room is largely Furman's creation He calls it "The Room of Dialogue" and it is designed after a hall See Column 1 man-mad- h h E-- 5 (MW John Steinbeck’s great American dream Last Week — Closes Saturday — Don’t Miss It! 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