“How can an idea still grow in harsh conditions?” 🌾❓ In this new feature essay, Heather Bird Harris returns to consider Mel Chin’s 1991 artwork, “Revival Field.” Harris explores how Chin’s endeavor is part data collection initiative, part science experiment…

part performance artwork—and how the work weaves together the best parts of each approach, as necessary. Harris maps out how, as a strategy of response, this 30-year-old work maintains continued relevance. 🔗 Read now via the link in the @artpapers bio 📖 . . . (1) Mel Chin, Revival Field, Harvest at Pig’s Eye Landfill, MN, 1993; (2) Mel Chin, Revival Field, 1991. Image credit: David Schneider; (3) Mel Chin, Revival Field, 1991. Process image. [courtesy of the artist]; (4) Mel Chin, Revival Field Blueprint, 1990; (5) Mel Chin, Ecology of Gala, 1997, graphite pen and ink on drawing paper, 15 x 18 inches