KVB127 05 Environment 2021
- 1. KVB127 Visual Art Open Studio 2 Week 6: Environment
- 2. Robertson, J., & McDaniel, C. (2017). Themes of contemporary art: Visual art after 1980 (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. Environment • Land art (site specificity, experiential) - 1970s • Combination of ‘knowledge systems’ • Environmental actions - activism • Collaboration and community-building • Affect – material poetics Other Texts • Kastner, J. (2012). Nature. Whitechapel Gallery. • Wallis, B., & Kastner, J. (1998). Land and environmental art. Phaidon.
- 3. Andy GOLDSWORTHY Untitled Woody Creek, Colorado, n.d. See his Strangler Cairn (2011) in the Conondale National Park!
- 4. Russell BLACK (Photographer) Yammunyamun (Gamilaroi carved trees) near Collymongle NSW, early 1940S (now lost) Henry KING (Photographer) Taphoglyph (Wiradjuri carved tree) near Dubbo, NSW, 191? (now lost)
- 5. Nancy HOLT Sun Tunnels, 1976-present Utah, USA
- 6. Alan SONFIST Time Landscape (1965-Present) site-specific work, New York City
- 7. Dominique GW MAZEAUD (French b.1940s?) The Great Cleansing of the Rio Grande, 1987–1994
- 8. Agnes DENES (Hungarian-American b. 1931) Wheatfield - A Confrontation: Battery Park Landfill, Downtown Manhattan, 1982
- 9. N55 (Copenhagen-based Scandinavian art collective, founded 1994) City Farming Plant Modules, 2003 https://www.n55.dk/
- 10. Lucas IHLEIN (Australian b.) + Kim WILLIAMS The Watershed Land Art Project , 2018-19 Community-based regenerative agriculture project, Mackay
- 11. Judy WATSON (Waanyi b.1959) Heron Island Series #16, #15, 2009 Etching and silkscreen
- 12. Ken YONETANI (Japanese b.) + Julia YONETANI (Australia b) Sweet Barrier Reef, 2009 sugar, dimensions variable.
- 14. Week 6 Reflection Use the following questions to reflect on the ways that artists explore environmental themes in their work. •Can human activities be regarded as separate from the natural world? •Is ‘nature’ just as constructed as the urban environment? •How can environmental ethics be embodied by an artwork? •How does climate change affect the way we make art? Does the artist have more or less responsibility than others? Make notes in your blog. Mark DION and the Chicago Urban Ecology Action Group 1992-3
- 15. 1.3 OBJECT (Week 7/8 Task) Produce a 3D print of a digital composition using the applications Metashape and Blender. Activity has 2 stages: scanning and modelling Next week: Photogrammetry Session: body scanning • Bring your smart phone • Consider clothing, props, objects • Avoid shiny materials (eg buckles, patent leather) • Avoid transparent materials • Avoid black materials (corduroy or textured blacks may be OK) Week 8: Blender: stay tuned for online intro; prepare by downloading the application from blender.org Frank BENSON American b.1976 Various 3D printed figures 2011-2018
- 16. 2.5 SIMPLIFICATION (Independent Task) Create a new work that is derived from an earlier one by simplifying the composition. (c. 10hrs) How many elements can be removed/consolidated/etc from the work before it ceases to 'say' anything? Notes: Subtraction is one way of simplifying - but there are other strategies that you may like to consider: • grouping/clustering multiple parts into one; • decreasing contrast/tone to blur elements together; • reducing your colour palette; • making more active use of space. WIP Feedback Session: Week 7 Class Alice AYCOCK A Simple Network of Underground Wells and Tunnels, 1975/2011 Concrete, wood, earth Approximately 28’ x 50’ x 9’ deep