TULARE: Persistent Apparitions of a Terminal Lake
Once the largest freshwater lake in the west, California’s Tulare Lake disappeared when waterworks preempted its waters in favor of farms. But still it fills, when the waters of the Tulare Basin have nowhere else to go. When wet, its waters float over a massive industrial farm, erasing its structures, for a time. Then the waters recede, as if for good, but replete with the inevitability of return. Perpetually actual or potential, Tulare Lake is there even when it is not.
2023–2024 CLUI Research Project
This and other CLUI exhibits are supported in part by grants from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, and National Endowment for the Arts.