{"id":104046,"date":"2026-06-23T08:44:35","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T15:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/?p=104046"},"modified":"2026-06-23T08:44:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T15:44:35","slug":"rick-silva-dirt-nap-at-umoca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/rick-silva-dirt-nap-at-umoca\/","title":{"rendered":"Rick Silva: Dirt Nap at UMOCA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-23-at-9.43.32-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-104047\" src=\"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-23-at-9.43.32-AM-350x196.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-23-at-9.43.32-AM-350x196.png 350w, https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-23-at-9.43.32-AM-1200x672.png 1200w, https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-23-at-9.43.32-AM-768x430.png 768w, https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-23-at-9.43.32-AM-1536x860.png 1536w, https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-23-at-9.43.32-AM.png 1640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a>Salt Lake City<br \/>\nJune 26, 2026 \u2013 January 2, 2027<\/p>\n<p>Dirt Nap is a video installation consisting of 46 one-minute excerpts showing artist Rick Silva napping in landscapes across the Western United States. Recorded between September 2024 and January 2026, the work presents a simple premise\u2014a body at rest in nature\u2014while exploring themes of healing, attention, vulnerability, and loss.<\/p>\n<p>Created in response to circumstances in the artist\u2019s own life, the project examines intentional rest as a practice rather than an escape. Silva\u2019s motionless presence encourages viewers to slow down and engage with the surrounding landscape. As attention shifts between the sleeping figure, the environment, and the relationship between the two, the body can seem to disappear altogether, allowing the landscape itself to emerge as the primary subject.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition\u2019s title invokes both the colloquial phrase for death and the literal image of a living body returning, temporarily, to the earth. Through this dual meaning, Silva reflects on personal experiences while also raising broader questions about environmental change and the disappearance of places that provide solace and connection.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/utahmoca.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Utah Museum of Contemporary Art<\/a><br \/>\n20 S. West Temple<br \/>\nSalt Lake City, UT 84101<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Salt Lake City June 26, 2026 \u2013 January 2, 2027 Dirt Nap is a video installation consisting of 46 one-minute excerpts showing artist Rick Silva napping in landscapes across the Western United States. 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