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Title
Trees: view of Silent Tree being installed by crane in its original location to the right of Geisel library entrance, UCSD
Creator
Gregoire, Mathieu (American conceptual artist, born 1953)
Allen, Terry (American conceptual artist and musician, born 1943)
Contributor
Beebe, Mary Livingstone (American, born 1940)
Date Created and/or Issued
1986
Contributing Institution
UC San Diego, The UC San Diego Library
Collection
Stuart Collection Photographs
Rights Information
Under copyright
Constraint(s) on Use: This work is protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Use of this work beyond that allowed by "fair use" requires written permission of the UC Regents. Responsibility for obtaining permissions and any use and distribution of this work rests exclusively with the user and not the UC San Diego Library. Inquiries can be made to the UC San Diego Library program having custody of the work.
Use: This work is available from the UC San Diego Library. This digital copy of the work is intended to support research, teaching, and private study.
Rights Holder and Contact
UC Regents
Description
Garden and Landscape
Architecture and City Planning
Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design
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)
The Silent Tree (Tree of Contents) was later moved (1993) from this location to the front of the Geisel Library after the expansion of the building eliminated the sculpture's original position.
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
outdoor sculpture
sculpture
landscape architecture
public art
political art
installations
sound sculpture
Identifier
ark:/20775/bb80903881
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Adaptive reuse
Death
Forests
Trees
Satire
Contemporary
Humor
Libraries (buildings)
Tombs
Recycling
American
Construction (assembling)
Cranes (equipment)
Nature
University of California, San Diego--History
UC San Diego Library
Site-specific works
Outdoor sculpture
Sculpture
Landscape architecture
Public art
Political art
Installations
Sound sculpture

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