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  The Great Balboa Park Landfill Exposition Of 1997: Pyramid Made Of Adobe And Hay

  title The Great Balboa Park Landfill Exposition Of 1997: Pyramid Made Of Adobe And Hay 

  description Balboa Park (San Diego, Calif.)  Cindy Zimmerman's Community Engagement project for inSITE97 was the development of a new park environment at the landfill adjacent to Florida Canyon in Balboa Park. Constructing the piece over several months, Zimmerman involved children and families in the creation and placement of straw bales and clay in the landfill to make labyrinths, temporary earthworks, and adobe structures. "The Great Balboa Park Landfill Exposition of 1997/La gran exposicion del relleno del Balboa Park 1997" transformed an unused and unattractive plot of land into a new community park and art installation. Zimmerman led workshops and meetings throughout the project to involve the community and collaborate with the participants to create art from organic materials. -- inSITE97  Garden and Landscape  Sculpture and Installations  Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca)  This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 311, Folder 02, Item 429)  [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego. 

  artist/creator Zimmerman, Cindy  Rittermann, Philipp Scholz 

  subject Landfills  Community Arts Projects  Renovation  Play  Workshops (Seminars)  Sculpture (Visual Work)  Ziggurats  Mexican-American Border Region  Insite97  Pyramids  Installations (Visual Works)  Artistic Collaboration 

  contributor Calisphere