this is the new desert

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2019, The REEF, Los Angeles, California, United States

Installation and performance

Mowed grass clipping, found paper/cardboard, charcoal

15 feet x 15 feet, eight-hour durational performance

Forced to immediately remove a grass-clipping installation from my studio, I performed this work to claim the concrete land as the new desert. Grass is forced to grow in the drought-struck regions of California, then mowed and dumped into the plastic bins. Maintaining lawn is also a socio-political act to display wellness, as brought in during the European colonization in California.

Photo credit: Justin Serulneck