Interstate The American Road Trip


Virginia Poundstone

 

Wildflower Median, 2006
Galvanized steel guardrail and wildflower seeds
Dimensions variable

Special thanks: Torbitt Schwartz, Steven Baldi, Plant Specialists, Highway Steel, and the whole Socrates Crew

Poundstone’s two hundred foot long highway median full of wildflowers references roadway landscaping that can be seen from interstate highways.

Born 1977
Lives Brooklyn, New York

Education
2002 B.A., Eugene Lang College, The New School, New York, NY
2001 Parsons School of Design, Fine Arts
1998-1999 Freie Kunst Schule Berlin, Guest Student,
1995-1996 L’Ecole de Reserche Graphique, Brussels, Belgium, First Year Student