ONE-WAY TRAIL

In this project, Beck created a series of walks through a garden led by a range of guides, from the environmentally informative, with guides such as a horticulturist and food scientist, to the more unexpected, including a rancher, 7-year-old child, and a fluffy lap dog. Beck created signs, maps, and audio recordings for park viewers who wanted to learn more about the park from these different perspectives. They heard, for example, Flint Sparks, a Buddhist priest, talk about the fragility of plants, and Leslie Trejjo Buchanan describe meeting her fiancé. Commissioned by Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum at the San Antonio Botanical Gardens