DIRT considers the way land is defined and occupied. Using a vintage RISK board game, I replaced the army pieces with various seeds and the deck of cards with an accordion book that incorporates visual elements of the natural world and the nostalgia of childhood. The board itself became a three-dimensional garden in the way of a pop-up book that uses images cut from used gardening books. Flowers, bushes, and trees are pieced together in shapes and colors that mimic the countries outlined on the board. Finally, the rule book is replaced with a meditation on the plants that define the experience of my childhood home. DIRT was purchased by the Decker Library at Maryland Institue College of Art.
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    Vintage copy of the board game RISK turned into a pop-up garden.
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    DIRT considers the ways that land is defined and occupied. This image shows the board game box with the army pieces replaced by various seeds significant to my childhood upbringing.
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    I replaced the deck of cards with an accordion book with related found objects and imagery.
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    Detail of the accordion book
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    Detail of the accordion book
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    In place of the rule book, I made a zine that is a meditation on the plants that defined my childhood home.
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    These pages reflect on the peony bushes that lined the fence in my parents' backyard and the black locust tree in the front yard.
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    Detail of the board game-turned pop-up garden.
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