Blog 13

#13____Human-Made Space: In the past, photographers who were interested in how humans impacted the natural landscape grouped together to form the New Topographics. “"New Topographics" signaled the emergence of a new photographic approach to landscape: romanticization gave way to cooler appraisal, focused on the everyday built environment and more attuned to conceptual concerns of the broader art field.”http://www.lacma.org/art/ExhibTopo.aspx

In addition, at the same time in history artists created (and still do create) “land art” in which they use materials found in the landscape to make sculptures that remain in the landscape. Many of these works now only exist as video recordings and photographic documents.

Pay attention to the number of ways in which you encounter humans’ interaction with nature and the physical land. Write these down. Using these as inspiration, describe an idea for a piece of “land art” that you might create that would be documented by a photograph. Describe an idea for a piece of “land art” that you might make in a man-made landscape that would be documented by a photograph.

My idea for "land art" would be a graffiti piece on a B.P. that is located in a very high traffic urban enviornment.  I feel like since the the oil spill isn't on the news anymore people have forgotten the great impact it has had on our an enviornment, and how much needs to be done. B.P. needs to be held accountable for their actions, and it kind of upsets me that people wern't more angry with the oil company.  So what i would propose to do, would be to cover a b.p. sign in very black paint, and have it running in to the parking lot, and out into the street.  Within the black oil slick, I would write "You ruined an ocean, what's one gas station".  I know the graffiti would quickly be removed which is why a photograph would be very important upon completion.