In a small village in the Swiss Alps, 100 grams of Japan transubstantiated into Switzerland. Here is the hole I dug. Here is a sachet of brewed green tea leaves that I dumped into the hole in the ground. I then covered the tea leaves with soil and these latent Japanese soil materials began the process of transforming into Swiss soil.

DATE: 2018

MATERIALS: Japanese green tea, Swiss Alps

SCALE: small scale earthwork

DIMENSIONS: 100 grams

SITE: Switzerland

STATUS: complete

Material Grounds, USC Landscape Architecture (2.25.2021).