Over the River

This resourceful book documents Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s work of art, Over The River, Project for the Arkansas River, State of Colorado, in progress since 1992. It includes: preparatory drawings and collages by Christo, photographs of the 14,000 mile (22,530 kilometer) search for the river site in the Rocky Mountains, tumultuous public meetings with residents and officials in Colorado and Washington, D.C., construction tests, diagrams, technical data, and the continuing engineering and permitting processes.

This exhibition catalog is published in conjunction with the opening of the traveling exhibition, "Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Over The River, Project for the Arkansas River, State of Colorado, A Work in Progress," which debuts at The Phillips Collection in Washington, DC in October 2008.
Over The River is planned to be enjoyed for 14 days in the summer of 2012, at the earliest. Silvery, luminous fabric panels will be suspended horizontally for 5.9 miles (9.5 kilometers), high above the water of the Arkansas River, at eight separate areas, between Salida and Canon City, Colorado.