Earth Works

Gaia – Touching the Earth was performed in the late 1960’s near Tucson, Arizona. The piece consists of a site arrangement
of elements that pertain to life on earth. A 36” cubic hole was excavated from the ground, into the bottom of which was placed
a square mirror to reflect the sky. Nearby, the displaced earth was piled up into a single conical mound. A sphere of wood with
an emerging tree branch was placed into the hole extending upwards along the ground. A large oxygen cylinder was buried
halfway into the ground between the hole and the earthmound. For one minute, oxygen was released into the atmosphere.

Overview

Overview		Looking into square hole with mirrored bottom

Close up of oxygen cylinder nozzle		Release of 60 seconds of oxygen into atmosphere