THE RAINFOREST: A LANDSCAPE IN THE SHOWER

YEAR

2006

DIMENSIONS

Life Size

FROM

Artist

LOCATION

Los Angeles (Shuler Studio)

DESCRIPTION

In Rainforest, Shuler has created a miniature ecosystem fashioned out of a mass-produced shower and bathtub unit with elaborate water, light and sound systems housed in clear plexi-glass units flanking each side. The turtles, fish, birds, frogs and foliage that populate this microcosm are the “living” component of the sculpture – as they respond to the cycles of light and weather that Shuler has programmed into the environment, they also respond to and interact with each other in ways that the artist can neither predict nor control.