Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. and Harland Bartholomew's 1920s master plan for Los Angeles aimed to preserve nature amid urban growth but was dismissed for its era's industrial ambitions. Following a destructive flood, concrete channels altered the river's ecosystem. Artist Alice Bucknell discovered the original plan and utilized it as inspiration for her project, The Alluvials, which presents a speculative vision of a water-centric world, reflecting on both history and future ecological challenges, including resource scarcity and corporate dominance over water.
The Alluvials reimagines LA through the lens of water and the natural world, bringing the lost dream of the Olmsted-Bartholomew plan to life.
Bucknell's project issues a warning about society's trajectory, presenting a stark picture of a future with drought and corporate control over water resources.
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