Oscar Tuazon’s work has roots in minimalism, conceptualism, and architecture, and has a direct relationship with both the site in which it is presented, as well as with the viewer. Tuazon’s practice occupies a position between architecture and activism, and is concerned with relationality and presence over purity in form. Tuazon is working towards the foundation of Cedar Spring Water School, which will be a functional work of public art that aims to bring awareness to an ecologically fraught area near the border of Nevada and Utah, where water that has served the community and environment for thousands of years is at great risk. Through a permanent artwork, Tuazon hopes to promote a better understanding of the water politics in the rural West, and of water’s significance as a global political resource used to control natural environments and native communities.