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Walter De Maria (1935–2013) almost never gave interviews. In a rare one from 1972, he mentioned that he had conceived twenty-four three-dimensional

Just as you’re about to step into Walter De Maria: Boxes for Meaningless Work, you might notice a short, high-pitched sound underlying the other noises that occupy museum galleries. It’s the chirping of crickets, and because it emanates from a speaker hung near the ceiling, it seems to envelop the vestibule, both placeable and unlocatable.