Field guide to the wildlife of Madison Square Park : Mark Dion's Urban Wildlife Observation Unit, Madison Square Park, July 11-October 31, 2002

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Dion, Mark - United States 1961. 2007. Field Guide to the Wildlife of Madison Square Park : Mark Dion’s Urban Wildlife Observation Unit, Madison Square Park, July 11-October 31, 2002. Washington University in St. Louis, University Libraries, Urban Books, accessed February 10, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/urban-books/item/2979

Title: Field guide to the wildlife of Madison Square Park : Mark Dion's Urban Wildlife Observation Unit, Madison Square Park, July 11-October 31, 2002
Creator: Dion, Mark - United States 1961
Date: 2008
Description: Title Description - At the invitation of the Public Art Fund, Mark Dion created The Urban Wildlife Observation Unit, a small work station in Madison Square Park, in which he conducted research on his surroundings from July 11 - October 31, 2002. A potent mix of serious investigation and gleeful absurdity, his findings appear fully annotated and illustrated in this guide. The European Starling, the House Sparrow and Pigeon are identified as inhabitants as are the Monarch Butterfly, the Norway Rat and the American Cockroach. Photographs and drawings accompany notes on field work and the site's history, and Gregory Volk contributes a critical essay. A list of the lectures that took place at the Observation Unit is included at the back along with a bibliography for further research should you be inspired to take up your own post in the city. 29 June 2009 (printedmatter.org).
Catalog record.
Call Number: QH105.N7 F54 2002
Link to Catalog Record: https://catalog.wustl.edu:443/record=b2982085~S2
Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Publisher: Washington University in St. Louis, University Libraries
Tags: Artist supplied tags
Artist Keywords:; Tags supplied by Dr. Jana Harper, of Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts
Sam Fox Keywords: Site specific / installation
Sam Fox Keywords: Urban green space; Library of Congress Subject Headings
Library Keywords: Madison Square Park (New York, N.Y.) -- Guidebooks
Library Keywords: Natural history -- New York (State) -- New York

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