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Revealing the interplay of natural forces: the wind drives the rain, the rain dictates what types of plants grow and create pollen that rides in the wind.

Wind Rain and Pollen

Fairmount Park Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1990

Materials

Galvanized steel poles, blown-glass rain gauges, pollen-yellow windsocks, sandblasted slides of pollen samples, mowed trail


Dimensions

275' wide x 150' deep

Wind Rain Pollen brings together various materials, forms, and systems of measurement to explore the interplay of the natural forces that have created the site. Blown-glass rain gauges and pollen-yellow windsocks are mounted on 18-foot-tall steel poles.

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