Flu

location: Kinston, NC

dimensions: Seven “Barns” @ 28’ X 18” X 16’, Site 200’ length

materials: Earthcast reinforced concrete and iron oxide

Named after the process of “Flu” curing tobacco and sited on the location of a former tobacco warehouse, this work speaks to the long tradition of the local tobacco industry, and particularly the iconic scale and proportions the disappearing southern tobacco barn. Each “barn” was cast on a furrowed field adjacent to the sculpture site.