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 On Behalf Of The Lynx
2007, (excerpt from video installation)
Greenwald's installation excerpt remasters an iconic image of the militant anti-development movement (in this case, the Earth Liberation Front). At once inviting and threatening, the Lynx occupies the contested zone of property violence.
In 1998, frustrated with the failure of legal means to stop development in "wild" areas, and motivated by historical acts of political property destruction like The Boston Tea Party, a group calling themselves the Earth Liberation Front (ELF) claimed responsibility for burning down ski lodges owned by Vail, Inc. (a publicly traded multi-million dollar company).
No one was physically harmed but property damage was estimated at $12 million.
Vail, Inc rebuilt soon after.
In 2005, as part of what the Federal Bureau of Information calls Operation Blackfire, five people were accused of setting the fires. The FBI caught those accused through the help of a former ELF member who acted as paid informant in exchange for his freedom.
One of the accused died in jail.
Two await trial.
One remains a fugitive.
Those being tried are being tried as "eco-terrorists."
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