Earth Projects: Dust

This is one in a series of 10 prints of unrealized earthworks designed by Morris. Each refers to the simulation of topographic events so immense that they could only be perceived from an aerial perspective: dust storms, earthquakes, crop circles, Indigenous Mounds, dams, etc. In this rendering, Morris envisions four underground jet engines, positioned to kick up a massive ring of dust. He comments that the series is, “organized around certain phenomena that can best be experienced outside…most of the projects would, if built, be of such a scale that the whole of the work could not be seen. This would allow the body [to explore the work] through walking rather than through an instantaneous visual impression.”