SUSAN LEIBOVITZ STEINMAN
Environmental and Public Art Installations
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SWEET SURVIVAL:Urban Apple Orchard II

Sonoma County Museum, Santa Rosa, CA

2006-2008

 

AN ECOART EXPERIMENT IN BIODIVERSITY

Slice an apple through its equator.  Inside every apple, 5 oval seed chambers form a perfect 5-pointed star. Every apple seed has the potential to become a unique new apple tree. Every apple tree has the potential to create an uniquely new wild orchard.

SWEET SURVIVAL
Urban Apple Orchard II

Susan Leibovitz Steinman

  • 5 salvaged hotel doors, 5 grafted commercial apple trees, 5 “seed chambers”.
  • Fieldstones & native grasses refer to Sonoma County terrain before agriculture.
  • Sept ‘06 museum visitors tasted a variety of local sustainably grown apples.

Click here to see photo gallery and history of the project.

 

  
 
 
 
For more information, please contact the artist at slsteinman@aol.com