as this thing grew and grew and grew, and obviously it s very tall, and you are overlooking your neighbours houses and lawns. what do they think? well, they love it. they bring me stuff to make my art out of. this neighbour over here, well bought one of my microwave artworks it s a microwaved laptop for $1500. $1500? yeah, and he gratefully displays it in his living room and brags about it. and they re fans, every one of your neighbours fans of your work? they love my work. in fact, just about the entire town of palm springs knows about it. people come from germany, japan, the uae, france, india all different places, telling me they came here just to see this. where do you think this fits in, where you fit in, even, to contemporary america? i don t know where i could fit in. i don t think it fits in anywhere really to speak of. how we got men on the moon and how we ll get men on mars or people on mars is not going to happen by how things fit in with other things, it s going to h
and over how many years? i ve been working on my art for i d say at least the last four decades, since i ve been living and breathing. really? yeah, i wasjust born an artist. on these four acres of land, kenny has used 1000 tons of recycled stuff to create 350 works of art so far. here s the hockey bot. and what is that? it s made out of refrigerators. made out of refrigerators! yeah. right there is the robo bear, it s made out of an air conditioning compressor, and that is santa s wagon up there. that is astonishing. what are the reindeer made of? everything! basically everything is made of everything. is made of everything! yeah. and that is the what bunny? this is the mongolian easter bunny s mobile throne. i m just reading this this is one of the world s only two microwaved microwaves? that is correct.
here it s an artwork but that doesn t mean people don t come for miles to see it. like these two, who have driven eight hours from dallas. i think it is a really interesting social commentary on branding, and i think it s very ironic to have it here in the middle of the desert. and the fake prior to boutique is just a foretaste. and the fake prada boutique is just a foretaste. we are on the outskirts of an unusual oasis of art in the town of marfa, that began life as a railroad stop. and marfa s transformation is largely down to the arrival in the 19705 of a leading artist
marfa was just a small town, kind of dying, there were more mom and pop shops back then. and the thing that changed this town was what? it was art that changed the town. you could say it saved the town. marfa never had a restaurant, or new york or asian food, different types of food, things like that, we didn t have nice hotels. initially, it was a culture clash, and the locals weren t too keen on the new breed. they butted heads, they didn t like it, they were very prejudiced against one another, and now they ve learned to coexist, and it s getting better and better and will continue to get better and better. there seems to be a bit