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Description
Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design Architecture and City Planning Garden and Landscape Sculpture and Installations Artist description: "There are three trees. The Poetree is programmed with poems, stories, etc., by different writers, poets, and storytellers whom I invited to send a recorded work they would like people to hear coming out of a tree. The Music Tree is programmed with music by different musicians and songwriters I invited to send a recorded work they would like people to hear coming out of a tree. The Tree of Contents is silent. The names of everyone associated with the project to date are stamped into the lead surface of the Tree of Contents." UC San Diego Library, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0175 (https://library.ucsd.edu/dc/contact) Near the Geisel Library: University of California, San Diego; La Jolla, California, United States
Type
image
Format
Lead; sound systems; eucalyptus trees; nails
Form/Genre
site-specific works sound sculpture landscape architecture public art sculpture outdoor sculpture political art installations
Identifier
ark:/20775/bb0001579g
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Satire Adaptive reuse Recycling Death Forests Humor Construction (assembling) Trees Contemporary Tombs American Nature University of California, San Diego--History Site-specific works Sound sculpture Landscape architecture Public art Sculpture Outdoor sculpture Political art Installations
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