The New Earthwork: Art, Action, Agency

by Moyer, Twylene; Harper, Glenn

• ISBN13: 9780295991641
• ISBN10: 029599164X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-01-27
• Publisher: Univ of Washington Pr

Summary

For more than 40 years, sculptors have been at the forefront of environmental and ecological/social innovation, making works that treat the earth as creative partner rather than resource and raw material. The new earthwork, which is currently at the leading edge of sculptural practice, means art for the future of humanity and the planet; it means a new approach to aesthetics and the role of art in our lives; it means a sustainable and vital artistic practice that not only solves problems but dares to ask questions and seek answers across disciplinary boundaries. Working in the land to solve agricultural, habitat, and water problems; using new materials and technologies; employing, and sometimes generating, alternative energy sources; taking action and educating about recycling, frontier biology, and genetic engineering, these artists demonstrate how art can open people's eyes, drive change, and envision more than one possible future. Twylene Moyerand Glenn Harperare the editors of Landscapes for Art, Conversations on Sculpture,and A Sculpture Reader.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 8
Introduction: Down and Dirty by Lucy R. Lippard	p. 11
Richard Long's Line: Dissolving Aesthetics into Ethics	p. 14
Forms Behaving in Time: A Conversation with David Nash	p. 18
Alfio Bonanno: One With Nature	p. 22
Ice in the Whirlwind: Chris Drury's Desert Journey from Antarctica to Nevada	p. 27
Andy Goldsworthy: Restoring the Senses	p. 32
Eco-Logic (iggo)	p. 36
Breaking Ground: Alan Sonfist, Helen Mayer and Newton Harrison, Mel Chin, Michele Oka Doner, Jody Pinto, and Aviva Rahmani (1991)	p. 41
Environment, Audience, and Public Art in the New World (Order) (2000)	p. 47
Public Art Ecology: From Restoration To Social Intervention (2011) by Amy Upton	p. 52
Reinvigorating Nature and Public Art: A Conversation with Alan Sonfist	p. 62
Agnes Denes: Sculptural and Environmental Conceptualism	p. 69
Nature Redux: Nancy Holt and the '90s Reclamation Revival	p. 74
Herman Prigann and the Unfinished Ecology of Sculpture	p. 78
Acid Mine Drainage and Art: Art, History, and Science in Rural Pennsylvania	p. 83
Stacy Levy: Understanding Nature As it Happens	p. 86
Artists Confronting Problems: A Conversation with Michael Singer	p. 91
Buster Simpson: Greening Public Art	p. 96
Working By Any Means Necessary: A Conversation with Mel Chin	p. 102
Art in the Public Interest: A Conversation with Helen Mayer Harrison and Newton Harrison	p. 107
Poetry in the Mundane: A Conversation with Mags Harries and Lajos Héder	p. 113
Tim Collins and Reiko Goto: Art Has Everything to Do With It	p. 118
Visualizing the Water Cycle: Buster Simpson, jann Rosen-Queralt, and Ellen Sollod at Brightwater Treatment System	p. 121
Liquidating Tradition: Contemporary Fountains	p. 124
Keeper of Water: A Conversation with Betsy Damon	p. 129
Art and Water for the Future: A Conversation with Ichi Ikeda	p. 133
The Theater of Flow: A Conversation with Lorna Jordan	p. 139
The Planet According to Maya Lin: What is Missing? and Confluence Project	p. 144
Brandon Ballengée: Deviant Histories	p. 150
Suspended in Time: A Conversation with Yolanda Gutierrez	p. 154
Trans-Species Art: A Conversation with Lynne Hull	p. 157
Equal Opportunity Housing	p. 161
Presidio Habitats: A Model Art and Wildlife Collaboration	p. 165
Fritz Haeg's Alternative Possibilities	p. 168
Bob Bingham: Building Environment	p. 172
Plant Art: Is There Room to Grow?	p. 175
Mara Adamitz Scrupe: How Does Your Garden Grow?	p. 181
Vaughn Bell: Committing to Ownership	p. 186
Mechanical Botanical: A Conversation with Doug Buis	p. 190
The Culture of Nature: A Conversation with Mark Dion	p. 194
Center for Land Use Interpretation: Learning from the Cultural Landscape	p. 201
Nothing is More or Less Alive: A Conversation with Eduardo Kac	p. 203
We Are the Landscape: A Conversation with Steven Siegel	p. 210
The Art of Activism: A Conversation with Barbara Hashimoto	p. 215
Bob Johnson: Putting Trash in Its Place by Twylene Moyer	p. 219
Environmental Incentives for Public Art	p. 221
Off the Grid: Self-Powering Sculpture	p. 225
Generating Energy in Time and Space: A Conversation with Ned Kahn	p. 228
Social Sculpture: The Nexus of Human Action and Ecological Principles	p. 234
Piero Gilardi and Parco Arte Vivente: Generating Living Art	p. 239
Mary Mattingly: Planning for Survival	p. 243
Futurefarmers: Tradition Telling Truth to Power	p. 246
Art, Environment, and Politics: A Conversation with PLATFORM	p. 252
Christy Rupp: Daylighting Dirty Secrets	p. 257
The Yes Men/Yes Lab: Lying To Tell the Truth	p. 260
51 Declarations for the Future-A Manifesto for Artists	p. 266
Eve Andrée Laramée: Revealing What No One Wants to See	p. 275
Making the Invisible Visible: A Conversation with Andrea Polli	p. 281
The Living: Responsive Structures for Dynamic Environments	p. 286
Marjetica Potrc: The Art of Sustainable Self-Sufficiency	p. 289
Modest Actions and Big Impacts: A Conversation with Mary Miss	p. 294
Platforms for Participation: A Conversation with Natalie Jeremijenko	p. 302
Acknowledgements	p. 311
Cover Images	p. 312
Photo Credits	p. 314
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