Helene Aylon

In 1982 I set out cross-country in a truck made to look like an ambulance to "rescue" the earth near missile sites. Hundreds met me at these S.A.C. (Strategic Air Command) sites bringing their own pillow case 'sacs' on which they wrote their dreams/nightmares of nuclear war and filled the cases with the earth. The Earth Ambulance carried the pillowcases to the mass rally for disarmament at the UN on June 12, 1982.

In 1992, all of the pillowcases from across the country were hung on 85 foot clothes lines across the huge space of the Brooklyn Bridge Anchorage; the Earth Ambulance, filled with seeds from Native American lands, was open for viewers to sit inside and see a video of its itinerary to the 12 S.A.C. sites.

The Earth Ambulance (and the cross-country "Bridge of Knots") is a permanent installation: The Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art1701 Main Street P.O. Box 209 Peekskill NY 10566 http://hvcca.com Open Saturday and Sunday 11-6pm and by appt. (Metro North at Grand Central to Peekskill)