Levitated Mass Documentary Available on DVD

The story about the 340-ton boulder, commonly referred to as “The Rock or “Levitated Mass”,” which made an 11-day  journey from Riverside County to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 2012 is now available for purchase on DVD or rent via Netflix and Redbox.

After traveling 105-miles through four counties and 22 cities the boulder arrived at LACMA where it has been the star of the “Levitated Mass” exhibit for nearly three years.

Director, Doug Pray, released his documentary, “Levitated Mass: The Story of Michael Heizer’s Monolithic Sculpture” in 2013, which opened the eyes of many as to the significance of the rock transported revia from Riverside County to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

The film was screened at LACMA’s Bing Theater as part of the 2013 Los Angeles Film Festival.

WCS Permits, and sister company, Right of Way Inc., worked for years alongside government agencies and the boulder’s carrier, Emmert International, to make the move happen.

The 88-minute film portrays the trials and tribulations in achieving each of the 22 cities’ approval to move the load, highlighting meetings, paperwork and long hours.

Loaded dimensions of over 21-feet tall, 31-feet wide and 275-feet long meant no freeway travel, and surface street routing only. The story about the 340-ton boulder, commonly referred to as “The Rock or “Levitated Mass”,” which made an 11-day journey from Riverside County to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 2012 is now available for purchase on DVD or rent via Netflix and Redbox.

After traveling 105-miles through four counties and 22 cities the boulder arrived at LACMA where it has been the star of the “Levitated Mass” exhibit for nearly three years.

Director, Doug Pray, released his documentary, “Levitated Mass: The Story of Michael Heizer’s Monolithic Sculpture” in 2013, which opened the eyes of many as to the significance of the rock transported from Riverside County to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

The film was screened at LACMA’s Bing Theater as part of the 2013 Los Angeles Film Festival.

WCS Permits, and sister company, Right of Way Inc., worked for years alongside government agencies and the boulder’s carrier, Emmert International, to make the move happen.

The 88-minute film portrays the trials and tribulations in achieving each of the 22 cities’ approval to move the load, highlighting meetings, paperwork and long hours.

Loaded dimensions of over 21-feet tall, 31-feet wide and 275-feet long meant no freeway travel, and surface street routing only. The story about the 340-ton boulder, commonly referred to as “The Rock or “Levitated Mass”,” which made an 11-day journey from Riverside County to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 2012 is now available for purchase on DVD or rent via Netflix and Redbox.

Right of Way provided street closures before, during and after moves. The load would sit after each night’s journey in a designated area until the next night of travel.

Finally, all those involved met their goal — a safe transport to LACMA in February 2012.

WCS President, Wes Mollno, had a significant impact on the documentary. Several clips of Mollno’s interview with Pray explaining the permitting process made the film. Without WCS’ efforts in obtaining city and government agency approval, the boulder would have never left Riverside County.

Pray took the documentary a step further by not only explaining the duties in moving “The Rock,” but providing insight into the artist’s vision.

Heizer imagined this sculpture in the late 60′s, and waited patiently until the perfect rock was found.

A part of the film was dedicated to the process behind displaying the boulder at the museum to complete the ‘Levitated Mass’ exhibit.

At the museum exhibit, visitors can walk a 456-feet stretch, 15-feet under the 340-ton granite megalith.