Gold Hunt

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Artifact from Gold Hunt 4 (2021). Made in collaboration with Gretchen Schaefer.

Artifact from Gold Hunt 4 (2021). Made in collaboration with Gretchen Schaefer.

 

The gold for Terry Campbell’s Gold Hunt 4 has been found! 

About the Gold Hunt - from the artist | In 2012 I created what I thought would be a simple scavenger hunt for the show “Au Exchange”. I invited friends and members of Denver's art community to solve a series of clues that would lead them to a 2.5 gram bar gold hidden in Colorado. What started as simple scavenger hunt has evolved into a complex game of cloak and dagger where players try to find hidden gold using their ingenuity. All participants approach this endeavor differently and no one has the same experience on their journey. Participants get very serious about these hunts to the point that in the past three Gold Hunts I have had a tracker put on my car, I have had my trash pillaged, and I have seen hundreds of double crossings.

For the Gold Hunt 4, participants have the opportunity to solve 10 clues which will take them to a series of locations across the Rocky Mountain Front Range. This experience will be strange and mysterious for those who have only experienced art in museums and galleries. Everything will begin to look like a clue. Only one person or team will be able to find the piece of gold valued over a thousand dollars.  Good luck and be careful who you bring on this adventure. Come find me May 29th from 8:00am to 12:00pm to get your second clue. Things will start simple then become strange if you follow this adventure to the end.

Follow the Gold Hunt on Instagram @goldhunt2021

Terry Campbell has been active in the Denver art community for the last 16 years. He has always been fascinated by great stories. Campbell’s work often involves obtuse subjects and surreal figures and scenes that evade easy explanation. Working primarily with oil paint his figurative paintings create narratives shrouded in mystery. Terry has also previously created three interactive gold hunts that take viewers on an adventure where they must solve clues while navigating the bizarre.  www.terrycampbellart.com

Campbell received his Bachelor of Fine Arts and Bachelor of Art Education from RMCAD in 2005 and his MFA from the University of Colorado Boulder in 2016. He was a member at Pirate Gallery co-op from 2005 to 2012 and an artist-in-residence at Redline Denver from 2009 to 2012.

Campbell is creating his fourth Gold Hunt for The Space(s) Between.


Click the link below to hear the artist discuss the work in his own words.