Artist: Jennifer Steinkamp Title: The River of No Return Date: 2004 Dimensions: LED screen 52 x 3 feet Equipment: Newton Technologies LED Displays, Gwangju, and 1 computer. Photo credit: Jennifer Steinkamp, courtesy ACME., Los Angeles, greengrassi, London, and Lehmann Maupin, New York. Exhibition History: Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, Korea. A Grain of Dust a Drop of Water. Curated by Kerry Brougher and Yongwoo Lee, September 10 - November 11, 2004 Description: This piece creates a river stretched across the bridge between the two buildings of the biennale. Typically a bridge would stretch across a river, in this case the bridge becomes a river. The title is from a love song, sung by Marilyn Monroe and Tennessee Ernie Ford for the movie of the same name.
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The River of No Return lyrics: There is a river called the river of no return; Sometimes it's peaceful, and sometimes wild and free! Love is a trav'ler on the river of no return, Swept on forever to be lost in a stor - my sea.
Bridge: Wail-a-ree I can hear the river call (no return, no return) Where the roarin' waters fall, Wail-a-ree I can hear my lover call, "Come to me" I lost my love on the river, and forever my heart will yearn; Gone, gone forever down the river of no re - turn. Wail-a-ree wail-a-ree You'll never re - turn to me! (no return, no return, no return)
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