May 25, 2000 elevation 7800'

The water in Parker Creek, a tributary of Mono Lake, has been diverted to the Los Angeles Aqueduct and therefor much of its creek bed is dry and its water no longer makes it to the lake. This flow of fabric was constructed on the glacial moraine next to Parker Creek to represent both the presence and absence of water. On the one hand it represents the glacial melt during the Pleistocene, which flowed down to fill the Mono basin. On the other hand, it represents the modern day water from that watershed, destined for Mono Lake, that never makes it there. The transparency of the tulle symbolizes the ephermeral quality of water. The changing colors represent the transitions the water goes through along its journey.