01. Jordan Weber
Defensive Landscape at Peace Park
Description:
Jordan Weber has developed Defensive Landscape, a site-specific regenerative earthwork for St. Louis’ Peace Park built in collaboration with the site’s existing community and institutional partners. A permanent community-engaged rainwater garden, gathering space, and play area designed by Arbolope Studio offers a critical intervention into the generational health implications of the intertwined crises of captivity and ecological apartheid. Defensive Landscape represents the culmination of Weber’s ongoing work in St. Louis in partnership with the Pulitzer Arts Foundation, Washington University’s Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity, and Equity (CRE2), and the Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts, Green City Coalition, Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District (MSD), and numerous other collaborators.