Elevated Desert
Mesa Arizona 1992
Elevated Desert is a shaded seating area in front of the Performing Arts Theater at Mesa Community College.
The piece occupies a small triangular site where an existing Aleppo Pine tree was already thriving.
The artistic intent was to seemingly extract a precious wedge of desert landscape and lift it straight up thereby creating a slightly sunken seating area below.
Deep shade created by the overhead desert and the maturing pine tree is a magnet for students between classes.
Concrete, desert plants, irrigation and lighting.
