When is destruction gorgeous and true? At the Marion County Fair Demolition Derby. On a trip there earlier this month, I was awed by the performative aspects of the event. You could say the derby was as spectacular as anything we’ve presented at the IMA, except perhaps the stunning 2008 Summer Solstice event featuring a Japanese Butoh dancer named Oguri who moved into the fountain on the Lilly House allee and emerged, steaming, in the rays of a powerful searchlight at the moment the sun dropped below the horizon.
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