The ''New York Earth Room'' is an interior sculpture by the artist

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that has been installed in a loft at 141 Wooster Street in

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since 1977. The sculpture is a permanent installation of 250 cubic yards (197 cubic meters) of

earth Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life. While large volumes of water can be found throughout the Solar System, only Earth sustains liquid surface water. About 71% of Earth's surfa ...

in 3,600 (335 square meters) square feet of floor space, and 22 inch depth of material (56 centimeters). The installation has had the same caretaker, Bill Dilworth, since 1989, and is maintained by the

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who consider it one of their 11 locations and sites they manage.

History

The first 'Earth Room' was the ''Munich Earth Room'', installed in 1968 by

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. The work was first installed in New York in 1977 as a 3-month exhibition, at what was then the Heiner Friedrich Gallery. It remained on display long afterward, and when Friedrich helped to establish the

in 1980, he supported its permanent sponsorship of the New York Earth Room. Similarly to de Maria's '' Lightning Field'' installation, his '' Broken Kilometer'' and ''New York Earth Room'' installations in New York remain on continuous view.

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Interview with Bill Dilworth
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