Alan Sonfist
Pool of Virgin Earth
1975
Located in Artpark, Lewiston, New York, a former chemical waste dump, Sonfist created a pool of virgin soil to catch blowing seeds from the air and begin the rebirth of the forest. In keeping with Sonfist’s interest in returning landscapes to their former natural state, he intended to revive the forest that might have existed on the site prior to humans’ destruction of it.