Not a cornfield : history, site, document : N 340 04.254ʹ W 1180 13.650ʹ April 2005-May 2006 / Janet Owen Driggs, editor ; Lauren Bon, project artist ; Steve Rowell, photo editor.

Title & Author:

Not a cornfield : history, site, document : N 340 04.254ʹ W 1180 13.650ʹ April 2005-May 2006 / Janet Owen Driggs, editor ; Lauren Bon, project artist ; Steve Rowell, photo editor.

Publication:

Description:

2 volumes : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm + 1 DVD

Notes:
Documents a project to transform a 32-acre industrial brownfield in the historic center of Los Angeles into a cornfield for one agricultural cycle, located just North of Chinatown and South of Lincoln Heights.
Issued in box.
Includes bibliographical references.
[1]. Essays + timeline / Janet Owen Driggs, editor ; Lauren Bon, project artist : A cornfield and Not a cornfield / Janet Owen Driggs -- Brown : Brown phase / Janet Owen Driggs ; La vanidad no es arte / Jeremy Rosenberg ; Eye of the beholder / Michael Dear ; As dictated / Lewis MacAdams -- Green : Green phase / Janet Owen Driggs ; The miracle of sprouting stone / Betty Stone ; Not an earthwork / Michael Ned Holte -- Gold : Gold phase / Janet Owen Driggs ; Regeneration in the time of decay / Ruben Mendoza ; Not a cornfield, not creative, not an artwork / Christine Wertheim ; Artists must create on the same scale that society has the capacity to destroy / Lauren Bon -- Blue : Blue phase / Janet Owen Driggs ; Another city is possible / Manuel Castells and Lauren Bon -- Clear : Clear phase / Janet Owen Driggs ; An industrial site awaits new life as a sustainable park / Galen Cranz ; Public space, people's theater: performing community at the Cornfield / Janet Owen Driggs -- The Cornfield: a timeline for the site and its environs -- [2]. Photographs + maps / Steve Rowell, photo editor ; Lauren Bon, project artist -- DVD video. Not A Cornfield media disc : video + audio field recordings.
DVD, all regions, NTSC, 4:3 SDTV, 48kHz.

Summary:

Documents a project to transform a 32-acre industrial brownfield in the historic center of Los Angeles into a cornfield for one agricultural cycle, located just North of Chinatown and South of Lincoln Heights.

ISBN:

0615132022
9780615132020

Subject:

Bon, Lauren, 1962-
Agriculture in art.
Ecology in art.
Brownfields California Los Angeles.
Hazardous waste site remediation California Los Angeles.
Agriculture dans l'art.
Sites contaminés Californie Los Angeles.
Dépôts de déchets dangereux Restauration Californie Los Angeles.
Brownfields.
Hazardous waste site remediation.
California Los Angeles.

Form/genre:

DVDs.

Added entries:

Driggs, Janet Owen.
Bon, Lauren, 1962-
Rowell, Steve.
Not A Cornfield (Project)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 287368
Call No.: BIB 228086
Copy: slipcase
Status: Available

Location: Library main 287197
Call No.: BIB 228086
Copy: v. 1
Status: Available

Location: Library main 287366
Call No.: BIB 228086
Copy: v. 2
Status: Available

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