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Field guide to the wildlife of Madison Square Park : Mark Dion's Urban Wildlife Observation Unit, Madison Square Park, July 11-October 31, 2002

Dublin Core

Title

Field guide to the wildlife of Madison Square Park : Mark Dion's Urban Wildlife Observation Unit, Madison Square Park, July 11-October 31, 2002

Subject

Artist supplied tags
Artist Keywords:
Tags supplied by Dr. Jana Harper, of Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts
Sam Fox Keywords: Site specific / installation
Sam Fox Keywords: Urban green space
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Library Keywords: Madison Square Park (New York, N.Y.) -- Guidebooks
Library Keywords: Natural history -- New York (State) -- New York

Description

Title Description - At the invitation of the Public Art Fund, Mark Dion created The Urban Wildlife Observation Unit, a small work station in Madison Square Park, in which he conducted research on his surroundings from July 11 - October 31, 2002. A potent mix of serious investigation and gleeful absurdity, his findings appear fully annotated and illustrated in this guide. The European Starling, the House Sparrow and Pigeon are identified as inhabitants as are the Monarch Butterfly, the Norway Rat and the American Cockroach. Photographs and drawings accompany notes on field work and the site's history, and Gregory Volk contributes a critical essay. A list of the lectures that took place at the Observation Unit is included at the back along with a bibliography for further research should you be inspired to take up your own post in the city. 29 June 2009 (printedmatter.org).

Catalog record.

Creator

Dion, Mark - United States 1961

Source

New York, City of New York Parks & Recreation, 2002

Publisher

Washington University in St. Louis, University Libraries

Date

2008

Identifier

dio_mar_pro_0044_0104

Citation

Dion, Mark - United States 1961, “Field guide to the wildlife of Madison Square Park : Mark Dion's Urban Wildlife Observation Unit, Madison Square Park, July 11-October 31, 2002,” WUSTL Digital Gateway Image Collections & Exhibitions, accessed March 28, 2024, http://omeka.wustl.edu/omeka/items/show/41.