Metabolic Studio diverts LA River water to "facilitate natural systems that want to repair themselves"

Art and research organisation Metabolic Studio has showcased aspects of its Bending the River project, an infrastructure and art project designed to remediate water and land around the Los Angeles River.

For more than a decade, Metabolic Studio has been working with local agencies to divert water from the Los Angeles River as a source for irrigation in a region that often suffers with drought.

Metabolic Studio founder Lauren Bon has acquired the first private right to the river, which allows her to legally lift...