The chorus he convened
Not co-creators of his sculptures, kindred spirits. In 1995 Baile brought thirty-five environmental artists into one book to argue, together, that art can change how we live on the Earth. A few of the voices in that dialogue:
Sun Tunnels, concrete forms in the Utah desert aligned to the solstices.
Light and space made physical; the lifelong Roden Crater.
Wheatfield, two acres of grain planted on a Manhattan landfill.
Revival Field, plants enlisted to draw toxins from poisoned soil.
Public infrastructure designed to double as living habitat.
Time Landscape, a patch of pre-colonial forest returned to New York City.
Decades mapping watersheds, food systems, and survival.
Maintenance art; longtime artist-in-residence at NYC Sanitation.
Star Axis, naked-eye architecture tuned to the movement of starlight.
Living Water Garden, a public park that cleans a city's water.
Sculpture built as habitat for wild animals.
Founder of TreePeople; urban forestry as civic art.
Framed by the three thinkers whose essays gave the book its argument: Suzi Gablik, Fritjof Capra, and Thomas Berry.