THE MUSEUM OF POST - AGRICULTURE (MOPA)
The Museum of Post Agriculture (MOPA) is our personal investigations into production agriculture on the Llano Estacado. The museum is based on the premise that in the near future, agriculture will slowly disappear because of depleting soils, and access to irrigation. Speculating such a world, MOPA asks itself: What sorts of things will archeologists of the future encounter on a post-agricultural Llano and how might we help them archive the present moment?
With this question in mind the museum curates found objects: books, maps, audio recordings, found scraps of farm equipment, miscellaneous agriculture “gimmie” objects such as rain gauges, hats, and pens, and it contains a seed bank of herbicide resistant weeds.
MOPA publishes quarterly (sessional) bulletins with updates and goings on at the farm and Tablelands Residency.
The Museum of Post Agriculture is also a proud steward of a permanent public artwork, The Tap, by the artist collective M12. The piece functions as a central talking point to exploring the Ogallala Aquifer and the future of land use on the Llano Estacado.
