Trees: view of Silent Tree re-installed in front of Geisel Library, UCSD, June, 1993
Creator
Allen, Terry (American conceptual artist and musician, born 1943) Rittermann, Philipp Scholz (American photographer, 1955 CE-) Stuart Collection (San Diego, Calif.)
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Rittermann, Philipp Scholz (American photographer, 1955 CE-)
Description
Architecture and City Planning Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design Sculpture and Installations Garden and Landscape 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) The new library entrance was in mirrored glass and concrete, with no lawns; the artist decided that the tree should be "replanted" right in the middle of this "denatured" site, rather than being disguised somewhere else. 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
sculpture site-specific works sound sculpture outdoor sculpture political art installations landscape architecture public art
Identifier
ark:/20775/bb77832185
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Adaptive reuse Forests Trees Death Satire Nature Libraries (buildings) Humor Recycling Contemporary Tombs American UC San Diego Library University of California, San Diego--History Sculpture Site-specific works Sound sculpture Outdoor sculpture Political art Installations Landscape architecture Public art
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