Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Sunday, June 27, 2010

Thursday, June 24, 2010

Asteroide B612: Diseño Regenerativo y Balances Ambientales en el Museo de Arte Moderno (click here)


(A very cool show where my work can be seen right now, and I'll be heading to Mexico City to see it as well!)

Tuesday, June 22, 2010




(The lovely J.C. Boyle Dam near Keno, OR.)

Saturday, June 19, 2010



(The Iron Gate Dam near Yreka, CA.)

Saturday, June 12, 2010

There is a secret magnetic force that attracts the things desired to the one who covets them.

--Mario Praz

Thursday, June 10, 2010

The Main Outlet Drain Extension diverts salty agricultural wastewater from a lovely and politically problematic Arizona irrigation district, southward through varied agro-industrialscapes and Sonoran desert, to its final destination in Mexico’s Cienega de la Santa Clara—a singular patch of verdant wilderness in the now largely desiccated Colorado River Delta. Despite the MODE’s unintended resuscitation of this critical wetland, the brine within it is now coveted by anxious and thirsty U.S. municipalities intent on recouping this resource. They’ve deployed the services of a gigantic desalinization plant to reclaim and reroute a portion of this water, while the Mexican Cienega, as a result, faces likely imperilment. This video examines the 73-mile, border-crossing trajectory of this once ignored but now fiercely contested fluid. (© 2010, running time: 7 minutes.)

El Main Outlet Drain Extension (MODE) desvía el agua salina producto de la agricultura del encantador y políticamente problemático distrito de irrigación de Arizona, hacia el sur, a través de variados paisajes industriales y a lo largo del desierto sonorense llega a su destino final; la Ciénega de Santa Clara—un singular territorio ribereño silvestre y verde que se encuentra en el ahora vástamente desecado delta del Río Colorado. A pesar de que gracias al MODE se dio una fortuita y afortunada resucitación del determinante humedal, su fuente salina está siendo codiciada por ansiosos municipios de los Estados Unidos que, en un intento por recuperar este recurso, hacen uso de los servicios de una gigantesca plata desalinizadora reclamando y redirigiendo una porción de esta agua, al mismo tiempo, la ciénega mexicana se enfrenta con la sequía. Este video examina la trayectoria de 73 millas de un agua que cruza la frontera y que antes había sido ignorada pero ahora genera discordia. (© 2010, tiempo de duración: 7 minutos.)







Tuesday, June 08, 2010


(A diagram of the effects of the current "Pilot Run" of the Yuma Desalinization plant. Operating this plant will reduce the water that flows through the MODE to the Cienega de la Santa Clara by at least 30%.)

Monday, June 07, 2010

Tuesday, June 01, 2010