pollen polling station (resin cloud) (detail)    2007
pollen drift, metal, transmitter 98 x 119 x 98 cm

pollen polling station (resin cloud) (detail)    2007
pollen drift, metal, transmitter 98 x 119 x 98 cm

efflorescence (resin cloud) (detail)    2007
compressed oxygen, metal, receiver 53.5 x 53.5 x 241 cm

efflorescence (resin cloud) (detail)    2007
compressed oxygen, metal, receiver 53.5 x 53.5 x 241 cm

efflorescence (resin cloud) (detail)    2007
compressed oxygen, metal, receiver 53.5 x 53.5 x 241 cm

(resin cloud) quicktime movie    2007

pollen polling station (resin cloud) (detail)    2007
plan drawing, fir box, lights 66 x 28 x 18 cm

The release of pollen from charged summer pine boughs is remembered in a collecting/counting and threshold emission of a resin cloud.  Pollen polling stations assess pollen presence, and inform the response of a receiver, centrally located among the polling stations.  The receiver supports a tall stalk, and regularly undergoes an efflorescence corresponding to polling station activity.

pollen cloud released from a ponderosa pine

agave huachucencis spending seed