Trees: view of tree being set into concrete foundation during installation in eucalyptus grove. Mathieu Gregoire at left background and Sherman George at left with microphone
Creator
Allen, Terry (American conceptual artist and musician, born 1943)
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Sculpture and Installations Architecture and City Planning Garden and Landscape Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design 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
landscape architecture sculpture sound sculpture public art installations site-specific works political art outdoor sculpture
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Subject
Cherry pickers Recycling Cranes (equipment) American Contemporary Construction (assembling) Trees Death Humor Nature Adaptive reuse Forests Satire Tombs University of California, San Diego--History Landscape architecture Sculpture Sound sculpture Public art Installations Site-specific works Political art Outdoor sculpture Foundations (structural elements) Gregoire, Mathieu (American conceptual artist, born 1953) George, Sherman
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