CONTROLLED COLLAPSE

Agricultural Wastelands can act as laboratories for experimentation in restoring balance to unhealthy systems between man and nature. �is project seeks to re-de�ne our notions of place. �e Salton Sea, an agricultural wasteland of accelerated change, will test the capacity for which people can build reciprocity with a terminal environment.

LOWER DIVISION STATESTotal: 7,378,643 acre-feet (a.f.)

Total: 2,780,376 a.f.

Total: 1,500,000 a.f.

Total: 4,356,839 a.f.

Total: 241,437 a.f.

ARIZONA

NEVADA

NEW MEXICO

COLORADO

WYOMING

UTAH

CALIFORNIA

MEXICO

967,495 a.f.Metropolitan Water District

1,180,000 a.f.Palo VerdeIrrigation District

2,679,356 a.f.Imperial Irrigation District

322,730 a.f.Coachella Valley Water District

Water that used to reach the Gulf of California has been completely diverted for the use of expanding suburbs. The price of water is growing as climate change continues to alter the face of the earth, especially the arid region of the west. Agencies with large sums of money are buying water right like tat of the Salton Sea to sustain their growth. With a lack of water inflow the sea will dry out increasing the chances of pollutants becoming airborne.

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Cremation CeremonyAshes are divided amongst family membersDepart Los Angeles at 6:10am

scale of the valley

scale of the windmills scale of the desert

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scale of the seascale of the mountains

7:40am there is still two hours before sunrise, the clear skys of

the desert reveal its extents as you reach the mid-point

Arrive at 9:10am

Residue of ashes still on handsWaiting in traffic for 2 hours

Re-integrated back into reality

LOS ANGELES

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The vastness and awe of the desert is in its most dynamic state. The sunlight unveils the

palette of colors that transform the desert, creating a religious experience

The most intriguing moment in this ritual process is not when the sun’s rays first touch the mountain but the

instant just before when all of what will be creation hovers on the edge of emergence 9:30am

RIVERSIDE_115miles 2hrs

SAN BERNANDINO_115miles 2hrs

PALM SPRINGS_63miles 1hr 12mins

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1 Pamphlet mailed to residence Includes map and geophysical thresholds Folds into container for holding ashes2 3