Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Art of 21st Century: Ecology

Robert Adams, Mark Dion, Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle, and Ursula von Rydingsvard.

The artist that most spoke to me is Mark Dion. To be specific- the tree log that is in the Seattle Art Museum. The log is showing even though the tree is dead it still serves an ecosystem for many creatures and plants. I also admired nature even more when I watched this video. In the room there was an irrigation system, windows that controlled the light, machines that controlled the temperature and other equipment to maintain the stability that is supposedly innate in nature. Nature does all of these environmental necessities by itself. And also when Mark Dion mentioned that even with the most high tech equipment of today it takes a lot of time to cut an old tree and it might be even impossible to do so. As if the tree is fighting for its life.

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