Dustin Shuler : The Rainforest

The Rainforest

“The Rainforest: A Landscape in the Shower” 2005
Installation view at Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions,
Hollywood, California, 2006
(link to videos of The Rainforest)
Photo: ©2006 Dustin Shuler

“The Rainforest: A Landscape in the Shower” 2005
Rear view, mixed media
96” X 143” X 37”
Photo: ©2005 Dustin Shuler

“The Rainforest: A Landscape in the Shower” 2005
Detail shot of plumbing, mixed media
Photo: ©2005 Dustin Shuler

“The Rainforest: A Landscape in the Shower” 2005
Detail shot of fish and turtle, mixed media
Photo: ©2005 Dustin Shuler

“The Rainforest: A Landscape in the Shower” 2005
Detail shot of Gray’s tree frog on tree trunk, mixed media
Photo: ©2005 Dustin Shuler

“The Rainforest: A Landscape in the Shower” 2005
Detail shot of Gray’s tree frog on showerhead, mixed media
Photo: ©2005 Dustin Shuler

“The Rainforest: A Landscape in the Shower” 2005
Front view with dog, mixed media
96” X 143” X 37”
Photo: ©2005 Dustin Shuler

“The Rainforest: A Landscape in the Shower” 2005
Computer drawing, front view, by Chris Leeder
Photo: ©2006 Dustin Shuler

“The Rainforest” is a living landscape contained within a fiberglass bathtub/shower unit. Complete with stream, pond, rocks, artificial plants, and live animals. Water is recirculated. Most of the components and systems that run the piece are visible. It is meant to be a viewed from all sides. It goes through a daily and weekly cycle. There are sunrises, sunsets, moonlight, breezes and five days a week a thunder and lightning storm occurs. Crickets chirp, fish swim, lizards bask, frogs trill, birds tweet, turtles dive in the water. Life happens.