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2012 Ephemerality in the Public Landscape

University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM - 2012

Buster Simpson works with collaborative groups of Land Arts of the American West and University of New Mexico, Landscape Architecture students to design and produce site-specific, public projects on campus. These projects are developed with the general parameter that pallets will be used as foundations for the works and considerations of ephemerality in the public landscape will be investigated.

Land Arts of the American West
Buster Simpson discusses the relationship between art and public space.

Buster Simpson
Portland South Waterfront Greenway

"As a provocateur, trickster, and healer, the artist can stimulate thinking as well as present a visually legible image with a disarming, poignant viewpoint. Artists working in the public must be cognizant of the responsibilities and obligations inherent in shared space.”

Land Arts of the American West
Installation by: Eric Cook, Nick Milan, Eliah Guerrero

Land Arts of the American West
Installation by: Marne Elmore, Jessica Showmaker, and Kurt Capalbo

Land Arts of the American West
Installation by: Cecilia Mckinnon, Kelly Ward, Natsima Thonsuriyapong

Land Arts of the American West
Installations by: (left) Lea Andersson, Pete Collins, Lizhen Jin, (right) Jeff Nigbert, Andrew Bernardm David Milissa