Trace was a temporary installation created for Sarratt Gallery at Vanderbilt University. Vanderbilt art students helped in forming a giant baroque drawing in a campus quad, using mulch and lawns as pen and paper. The lines of mulch formed an alternate set of walkways, overlaying the straight, concrete paths with winding trails. The soft, deep mulch under your feet slows your pace, and draws attention to the act of walking. Visitors were invited to stroll along the winding paths, which led in a pattern of connecting loops. The campus is a registered arboretum, and the trails lead the walker past a variety of different tree species. Vanderbilt uses a huge amount of pine mulch in campus landscaping, so the choice of materials not only re-created trails in local wilderness areas, but also gave the impression that the landscape had gone crazy. The title of the piece alludes to the act of drawing, retracing steps as you walk along the trail, and to the Natchez Trace, a historical trail running from Natchez, Mississippi to Nashville, which is now a popular hiking area.
Trace was a temporary installation created for Sarratt Gallery at Vanderbilt University. A giant baroque drawing was formed, using mulch and lawns as pen and paper. Visitors were invited to stroll along the winding mulch paths, and take a walk in the Vanderbilt woods.	This map shows the design the path traces through the quadrangle.