Bioremediation Plot Network: a proposal for a monument

The Bioremediation Plot Network (BPN) is a proposed semi-invisible, partially audible monument to the ongoing history of land use in Southern California.

The proposal was generated as part of the Futurefarmer's Great Park Project created for the California Biennial at the Orange County Museum of Art. [detailed diagram]

The monument’s primary component is a simple 1 gallon plastic jug fitted with a soil monitoring device and a solar powered, low frequency radio transmitter. The transmitter will broadcast an audio stream of data consisting of the chemical composition of the soil, real time stock and real estate values relating to the former El Toro (a decommissioned US Marine Air Base) land development, and personal stories of illness caused by exposure to industrial chemicals. Surrounding the drip irrigation units will be planted weeds that exhibit phytoremediation (the ability to remove contaminants from soil such as trichloroethene) properties.

More about land use and the Great Park in Orange County, California:

Larry Agran, Irvine Mayor
Statement: “Other great metropolitan parks have required fifty years or more to develop. By contrast, our Great Park development strategy – harnessing the power of private capital and the benefit of enlightened public planning – will enable all key elements of the Great Park to be developed within five years. We will have a Great Park larger than New York's Central Park, San Francisco's Golden Gate Park and San Diego's Balboa Park combined that will be developed and maintained in perpetuity with private dollars.”

http://www.heritagefields.com/
http://greatpark.ci.irvine.ca.us/