UPROOT
A forest built inside tries to get discarded cardboard back into a natural state. Scraps of brown paper carpet the floor like fallen leaves and ceiling fans imitate the sound of wind rustling through treetops.
The piece relates to the surrounding forests - visible just outside the window - and questions our relationship to the natural world, consumer culture, waste, restoration and conservation.
Site-specific Installation
Recycled cardboard, tape, glue & paper
2008
Uproot - Overview
Uproot - Detail
Uproot - Overview, showing ceiling fans
Uproot - Ceiling view
Uproot - Tree stump
Uproot - Detail
Uproot - Ceiling view
Uproot - with people, for scale
Special Event: Children's book reading writer Sam Swope