ENVIRONMENTAL ART
In a general sense, it is art that helps improve our relationship with the natural world. There is no definition set in stone. This living worldwide movement is growing and changing as you read this.
Much environmental art is ephemeral (made to disappear or transform), designed for a particular place (and can't be moved) or involves collaborations between artists and others, such as scientists, educators or community groups (distributed ownership).
WHO IS ANDY GOLDSWORTHY?
Andy Goldsworthy is
a brilliant British artist who collaborates with nature to make his
creations. Besides England and Scotland, his work has been created at
the North Pole, in Japan, the Australian Outback, in the U.S. and many others.
Goldsworthy regards
his creations as transient, or ephemeral. He photographs each piece once
right after he makes it. His goal is to understand nature by directly
participating in nature as intimately as he can. He generally works with
whatever comes to hand: twigs, leaves, stones, snow and ice, reeds and
thorns.
YOUR PROJECT?
You are going to gather multiple materials from nature and manipulate them into an interesting piece of art. You may only use natural materials, so glue, scissors, etc. is not available. First we will take a nature walk, gather materials, then bring them inside and sketch ideas using nature as inspiration. You will then choose a place around the school to form an artwork, and take a picture of your final piece. You will then leave it to let nature take it's course. We will check up on it a few days later to see if it's still there!
PS- work in pairs!
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