Workers from Hanjin Shipping begin transporting part of artist Michael Heizer’s massive artwork setup for LACMA. Photo courtesy of LACMA.
10:30am | The 340-ton megalith that is to be part of artist Michael Heizer’s monumental artwork, Levitated Mass, is scheduled to begin its journey to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) on the night of Tuesday, February 28.
Its transportation, made possible by Hanjin Shipping, will take place over the course of roughly eleven nights, traveling through four counties (Riverside, San Bernardino, Orange, and Los Angeles) and twenty-two cities, including Long Beach. When in Long Beach, which will be on the latter part of its eleven-day travel schedule, it will head west on South Street, south on Paramount, west on Del Amo, south on Atlantic, west on Ocean, north on Magnolia, and west on Pacific Coast Highway.
The transporter carrying the boulder, specially designed for maximum safety, will travel on a predetermined route with movement happening only at night. For the route map and most up-to-date information regarding the transport, visit lacma.org/levitatedmass. You can also follow the rock on LACMA’s Twitter feed.