Monday, April 13, 2009

Anabolic Monument


Lauren Bon's sculpture Anabolic Monument is a thirty-meter-radius circle of decaying corn bales. The twenty-two bales were made from the remainder of corn plants grown on site and harvested during Ms Bon's artwork Not A Cornfield.

Located at the north side of the Los Angeles State Historic Park, this compost monument holds mystery and hosts numerous butterflies, hummingbirds, and bees in their odyssey toward nectar. It is tended by the Metabolic Studio in association with California State Parks.

Related Links:

  • About the Anabolic Monument

  • Public Harvest (1/31/09)

  • Goats (2/28-3/9/09)

  • More Goat photos

  • Wildflowers (2/28/09)

  • Flora & Fauna of the Los Angeles State Historic Park, as observed by a naturalist (5/08)

  • Aerial View 2/2009

  • Harvest & Seed Giveaway (12/20/08)

  • Community Marigold Harvest (12/1/2007)

  • Photo taken just north of Anabolic Monument (2/2009)

  • Photos taken just outside Anabolic Monument (2/28/09)

  • Not A Cornfield (2005-2006)

  • Not A Cornfield -- Cornhenge (i.e. an earlier name for the the Anabolic Monument)reacting

  • Not A Cornfield -- Cornhenge created

  • Not A Cornfield -- Cornhenge created, aerial view

  • Los Angeles State Historic Park

  • Anabolic Monument Facebook Group -- to join, Facebook members please search for the "anabolic monument" group

  • More past links to be added to this page soon, as archiving continues...






    Photos (from top): Farmlab photo by Joshua White 2009; iPhone photo copyright and courtesy Julie Pittman 2009; Not A Cornfield photo by Steve Rowell 2006.
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    1 comment:

    1. bookindian3:57 PM

      twenty years ago I lived the greater Los Angeles area - I'm glad to see the unused land being put to beneficial use.

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