In the summer of 2006, Lucien den Arend
was invited to apply for the commission. As it was an open application,
239 artists applied. The semi finalists who were selected to make a
proposal were Dennis Adams, James Carpenter, Lucien den Arend, Martin
Donlin, Janet Echelman, Larry Kirkland, Emanuel Martinez, Dennis
Oppenheim, Tom Patti, Martha Schwartz and Daniel Winterich. At the end
of October the selected artists presented their proposals in Denver. In
December 2006 the selection team chose the proposal of Dennis Oppenheim
to be further explored.
