- Initial sketch inspired by the glyph of the ancient Egyptian symbol for the seed, inscribed on the walls of the temple of Abydos in the predynastic period.
- Test off site to mark out the geometry actual size – diameter 30 feet. Flags delineate the arcs.
- Completed work, 30 feet in diameter created from Natural materials, stones marking out the arcs, gravel pathways, wood chips from nearby fallen trees
Diana Hobson’, Ubiquitous Seed, UC Santa Cruz Arboretum, Art in the Arboretum: environmental Installations, filmed and edited by James Clark – jamesclarkproductions.com
https://www.facebook.com/diana.hobson.58
Installing Ubiquitous Seed: Video, Susana Arias, curator and organizer, Art in the Arboretum, UC Santa Cruz, CA:
https://www.wired.com/2017/05/arctic-doomsday-seed-vault-flooded-thanks-global-warming/
Arctic Doomsday Seed Vault, Svalbard, Norway.
Art in the Arboretum
ENVIRONMENTAL INSTALLATIONS
MAY 20 — NOV 17, 2017