The Great Balboa Park Landfill Exposition of 1997: sculptures made from adobe and hay

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

• 1997

• Weissenburger, Renee (American photographer and teacher)

• Zimmerman, Cindy (American artist, sculptor, and installation artist)

• InSITE97

This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 311, Folder 02, Item 426)

Balboa Park (San Diego, Calif.)

adobe (material); hay

• InSITE97

• Mexican-American border region

• Installations (visual works)
• Sculpture (visual work)

• Artistic collaboration
• Community arts projects
• Landfills
• Play
• Renovation
• Workshops (seminars)

• image

Shared Shelf: 16715708

Online finding aid

• inSite Archive

Garden and Landscape

Sculpture and Installations

[Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.

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2020-10-26