“Revenge
Of The Lawn” is an installation that examines our culture’s
estrangement from organic processes and pokes fun at our desire
to master the natural world.
Located in the backyard of Chicago’s 1926
Exhibition Studies Space during the summer of 2003, “Revenge
Of The Lawn” was a living room scene made out of found furniture
reupholstered with soil and seeds. It was an environment designed
to encourage “nature” to reclaim “man-made”
objects and permeate the boundary between Indoor and Outdoor.
During the course of the installation, viewers
could visit www.revengeoftheawn.com
for a live webcam and ongoing time-lapse video footage of the installation
as it sprouted, grew, and ultimately withered and died. The website
remains as a record of the piece. |