Smog House
commissioned by The Los Angeles County Arboretum
hd video projection and artificial fog
2016

Smog House is a site specific installation in response to the historical use of this greenhouse as a place to study the effects on plant growth of lead and smog from the adjacent Pasadena Freeway. Video projections of blue skies and cumulus clouds struggle to be seen though a thick layer of artificial fog inside the disused structure, much like the pure blue sky struggles against the smoggy haze on any given day in Los Angeles.