sENECA ARMy DEPOT: POTATOEs/PLUTONiUM

In the heart of upstate New York sits the Seneca Army Depot. Once a military storage base; vast arrays of concrete, nuclear and explosive munitions bunkers dot the terrain like anthills and rusted steel fences enclose its perimeter. The government no longer operates on this site, but its influence is still palpable. Especially in contrast to the modest farms that surround it.

The Seneca Army Depot: Farming Facility plays upon this relationship between agriculture and government while also touching on concepts of voyeurism and panoptical surveillance. This facility is imagined as the government’s reintegration onto the site. It is an open-to-public laboratory for studying the newest developments in the agricultural and dairying sciences, such as advanced hydroponics and artificial proteins.