Echoes of Existence: A Journey Through Nature's Narratives To Redefine The Anthropocene.
A Living Labyrinth · Available for Installation
Before the turf grass, there were bison. Thirty million of them — the first farm equipment, brown not green — harvesting the plains with their appetites, drilling seeds into the earth with their hooves, building the soil that once covered this continent. Then they were gone. What replaced them was manicured lawn — a carbon footprint where a carbon sink once stood.
Echoes of Existence is a living labyrinth designed for a field of turf grass. The labyrinth is shaped as a bison — a tribute to the eating and waste habits that built North America’s ecosystems. Students install it. Native plants replace the turf. The entrance is marked with limestone inscribed: What might seem like the endpoint…may also be the beginning.
It was developed during an artist residency at Indiana University. The university is working to find its permanent site. In the meantime, the work is available — to any campus, institution, or community with a field of grass and the willingness to let something live in it.
links to other Living Labyrinth blog posts.
Artist in Residency at Indiana University- Living the Dream Installation.
IU- How do you draw a labyrinth?
IU- What kind of Labyrinth should I make? What is my site-specific message?
IU- How do you build a labyrinth from 8’ X10” to 83’ X 54’?
IU- Natural Systems - digestive system.