The Estate of The Harrisons

Survival Piece II: Notations on the Ecosystem of the Western Saltworks with the Inclusion of Brine Shrimp, 1972

Three ecosystems of Artemia brine shrimp, salt and algae. Each pond has varying salinity which influences the algae, organisms and color of water. The salt was then harvested from the ponds in a performative act.

The piece was originally created for the seminal 1971 Los Angeles County Museum of Art exhibition, Art and Technology.

Installation view from Les Abattoirs, Toulouse, France, 2002

Survival Piece II: Notations on the Ecosystem of the Western Saltworks with the Inclusion of Brine Shrimp, 1972

Installation view from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1971

Survival Piece III: Portable Fish Farm Fish Feast, 1971

Six tanks of catfish, brine shrimp, oysters and lobsters, electrocution chamber and skinning station for catfish.

Performance involving seafood feast with fish harvested during the exhibition.

Originally exhibited as part of the exhibition 11 Los Angeles Artists, at Hayward Gallery, London, 1971.

Survival Piece V: Portable Orchard, 1972

Functioning orchard installed in gallery space, consisting of 18 hexagonal redwood planters and corresponding redwood grow light boxes, and 18 orange, tangerine, avocado lemon, lime and kumquat trees.

Installation view from The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, 2016

Barrier Islands Drama: The Mangrove and the Pine, 1982

Installation of photographs and texts examining the human removal of mangrove trees from their natural habitats in the Barrier Islands of southern Florida, and subsequent invasive infiltration of non-native Casuarina pine trees.

Installation view, John and Marble Ringling Museum, Sarasota, FL, 1982

The Lagoon Cycle, 1974-1984

Installation view, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY