Revenge Of The Lawn

Durational Video Installation - 2003

“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.

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