This web document hosts a conversation

A 2000 year old ceramic granary sits on display at the Art Institute of Chicago while its contemporary twin–a recent commission by the Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park–placidly overlooks a 50 acre field on the outskirts of the city.

This site (underconstruction) hosts a conversation exploring the ecological linkages that inform these two objects, their histories, and the two sites they now inhabit.



Ceramic granary–Han dynasty.
Asian Art collection of the Art Institute of Chicago