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Amber Orchard

Amber Orchard

I am my own Meyer lemon.

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Jul 09, 2024
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There are lemons growing on the eighth floor of the Whitney Museum. Meyer lemons, forming their round little bodies on a tree just outside of the elevator. They’re still green, not ripe yet, but hanging, waiting, until it’s time to let go. 

The piece is Survival Piece #5: Portable Orchard, and was originally created in 1972-1973 by the environmentalist a…

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