2007
In collaboraton with Katie Salen and Anfim Khanikov
A commission of the Public Art Network, for
Americans for the Arts Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada
OVERVIEW
Uniting the economies of abundance (sunlight) and scarcity (water), ONE NATURE is a ceremonial instruction set for global strangers. An out-of-work Russian ice sculptor wheels a hand-carved, miniature, iceberg landscape on a room service cart through the crowded Las Vegas strip. Accompanied by two formal waiters, the trio offers participants a chance to pick their "Degree of Commitment" from a deck of customized cards, and to mark this ceremony by donning wedding bands cast in ice, made from the recycled runoff of the landscape that is melting in front of them.
performance sequence
One Nature cards, front and back