River in Reverse

Presented by:

Artists Terry Chambers, Bland Hoke, Jr., and Shane Lindsey.

“River in Reverse” depicts 16 miles of the Snake River, from Dead Man’s Bar to the Jackson Hole Airport. The work is backlit at night with color-changing LED lights to reflect the changing color of the river throughout the seasons. “River in Reverse” is a byproduct of a commission for the Jackson Hole Airport, using the scrap metal that would have otherwise been recycled.

Installed in September 2011, “River in Reverse” wraps around The Center’s ceramics studio along the highly-trafficked pathway connecting Glenwood and Cache. The sculpture and its site are perfectly suited to each other: the Snake’s predetermined course magically flows around the building’s features – a window, a stairwell. During the day, light skates across the brushed steel. At night, LED lights mounted underneath the steel beneath plexiglass transform the river into a nocturnal experience like no other in Jackson.