HARPER ART105 Journal Site-Specific Art Proposal Latest 2019 June Question # 00602163 Course Code : ART105 Subject: Art Due on: 06/14/2019 Posted On: 06/14/2019 05:12 AM Tutorials: 1 Rating: 4.6/5
ART105 Introduction to Visual Art
Journal:
Site-Specific Art Proposal
According
to your textbook (pg. 193), four different types of site-specific art are: land
art, ephemeral art, public art, and monuments or memorials. However, these
terms are by no means mutually exclusive. A single artwork can fit more than
one of these categories simultaneously.
Instructions:
Create a proposal for your own site-specific artwork that fits a minimum of
three of the four site-specific categories listed above. You do not need to
draw or build your project, so dream big. What you do need to do is explain
your piece in detail (in both form and meaning), title your piece, and explain
how your piece is site specific and fits three of the four categories.
As always,
your journal entry should be a minimum of 300 words long. Journal responses must be proofread for
errors and spell checked. Students who
have obviously not proofread and/or spell checked their entries or have not
followed the above instructions will lose points.
Example:
Take as an example Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty, 1969-70 (pictured in page
194 of your textbook), which can be seen to fit all four categories. (Remember, however, that you will be
inventing your own piece, not finding one in the textbook!)
Smithson
was inspired to create Spiral Jetty as he was scouting out the Great Salt Lake
in Utah for possible land art locations. He discovered a site littered with
abandoned equipment left behind by a mining company. Apparently, the mining
company had tried to extract tar and oil from the site, but had left their
equipment behind when the attempt failed. Smithson saw the site as evidence of
nature’s enduring power; he believed that despite whatever harm humans may
inflict upon nature, nature will reclaim itself in the end, outliving
humankind. Thus, Spiral Jetty was meant
to be a monument to nature.
Smithson
wanted Spiral Jetty to relate to its site in both its form and its function.
Therefore, he researched the site before determining the shape the jetty would
take. He learned of a local Native American legend stating that an underground
tunnel or vent ran from the Great Salt Lake to the Pacific Ocean, creating a
whirlpool in the middle of the lake. He also wanted to relate the high salt
concentration in the Great Salt Like to the concept that salt molecules are
spiral-like in nature. Thus, the shape of the jetty was determined the
characteristics of the site itself, reinforcing its site-specificity. Clearly,
a spiral jetty would not work anywhere else but in the Great Salt Lake.
Spiral
Jetty was constructed out of local dirt and rocks moved into position via
bulldozers and earthmoving equipment. Since its original inception, its mediums
have expanded to include pink bacterial forms growing on the jetty and the
accumulation of white salt crystals. Because it is made out of the natural
environment, it is clearly distinguished as a work of land art.
When Spiral
Jetty was created, Utah was in the midst of a drought. Subsequently, when rain
levels rose to normal several years later, Spiral Jetty was completely
submerged. Much of the time, Spiral Jetty is now completely under water, but
during drought conditions, the jetty returns to view. Eventually, however,
Spiral Jetty will completely erode, and thus is temporary or ephemeral in
nature (although much ephemeral art is meant to have a much shorter lifespan
than Spiral Jetty). This is apt, as the piece is meant to speak to nature’s
power to reclaim itself despite human intervention in the landscape.
Finally,
although the piece is in a remote location “maintained” by the Dia Art
Foundation, it is meant to be visited by all those who wish to make the
pilgrimage. It is not in the collection of a single collector, museum, or
gallery, but is mean to be owned by “the public.” The piece is thus also a work
of public art.
How to hand
in your work:
Click the
” Journal: Site-Specific Art Proposal” link above. Type your name in the “Comments”
text box and attach your work as a Word document file. (Remember to save your
work with your last name in the file name.)
If you do not have Microsoft Word, copy and paste your work into the
“Comments” box. Click
“Submit” to hand in your journal assignment.
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