Toward 2050

About this artwork

Toward 2050 - a public engagement artwork, has culminated in an immersive labyrinth installation at Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, AZ - in the spring of 2025. This social action focuses on the urgency of how we must take part in caring for our planet's health. As visitors experienced this labyrinth, they stepped year-by-year, ever closer to 2050, humanity's target to achieve net zero in CO2 emissions. Textile work created by nearly 650 makers from 46 U.S. states and 9 countries have become important parts of TOWARD 2050, culminating in this immersive installation at Desert Botanical Garden. Makers were called to create environmentally themed, textile panels in the style of "prayer flags". Our goal was to collect enough double sided flags to define the pathways of this interactive labyrinth experience. That goal was met thanks to the generosity and commitment of all the makers participating in this project.