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height: 58 in width: 100 in
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The title of this drawing refers to a type of seismic wave that causes the earth's surface to shift horizontally during an earthquake. Ben Peterson's detailed landscape conjures the aftermath of such a phenomenon, depicting a terraced farm that abuts a crumbling freeway sound wall.
In this site, nature is shown only as controlled and confined. Coffee plants are covered by tarps, a practice adopted by South American farmers to shade plants normally grown in rainforests. Though the landscape is deserted, a bulletin board brims with notices and laptop computers sit open outside tents. From a series titled "The Ownership Society," Peterson's drawing envisions a culture on the brink of collapse despite elaborate efforts to reinforce it.
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