at the end of
a temporary
passageway in
the museum:
a wall with a
dark rectangle
yet to be
repainted in a
reconstruction
program

the wall with the
dark rectangle
is seen here
through the
glass doors that
let the public in
to another
exhibition

16 April

the dark rectangle
is left over from
previous exhibitions:
pitted with
nail holes and
old paint

18 April

with the
addition of
blue tape
(added when
the guards are
turned away)
an image
of a
mountain
emerges

21 April

Janz extends
the image of a
mountain

this drawing
is animated but
is not animation,
moving but is not
visual noise

23 April

Blue Mountain

tape on scarred
wall: changes
slowly
day by day:
a secret
drawing,
strictly
unofficial

25 March:

passersby view
Blue Mountain:
the drawing is
much viewed but
remains unseen:
folks can not
see the
unexpected

1 April:

Janz begins
erasing the
image slowly
day by day: it
withdraws in
the same way
it was originally
drawn

3 April:

all that
remains
are traces
of former
glories

above
on the
second floor

the clouds
float over:
it's very
O'K

below
on the first
floor

final view:
scars and
fragments

an image
perhaps of
a starry
sky

dis/appearance

Janz recently visited a famous museum. On the first floor a passageway has been constructed for the public to walk past an area under reconstruction. At the end of this passage Janz noted a wall with a large dark rectangle, pitted with nail holes and old paint, the sort of surface best suited for his kind of tranformative drawings. When the guards were turned away Janz drew with blue tape: Blue Mountain. This drawing was viewed by many passersby. At the end of March Janz slowly transformed the image, eventually erasing it. The mountain had appeared, then disappeared, the Museum none the wiser. As if on a journey in the Sierras, only the photos remain.