Several acres of a forested hilltop near Scotland, Connecticut was made available to artists to design and install a series of environmentally appropriate site-specific artworks. Each artist was invited to do a tour of the properties, which consist of a dense growth of deciduous trees, conifers and ferns, wildflowers and teeming wildlife. There were a number of extant paths to specific natural sites. Each artist was asked to submit a proposal, design drawings, and a logistic and time budget. Each installation used natural materials found on the site (e.g., wood, earth, water, stone—there are 50,000 lbs of fieldstones available—or other natural materials). Each project that was accepted was shown a selection of visual and textual materials published online. As construction of the site-specific artwork continues, its ongoing progress is recorded, and broadcast online, via web-cams. Each work is given a specific period of ‘air-time’ (up to three months) after its completed installation. Site-specific works integrate themselves into a natural setting, while at the same time technology—web-cams and the infrastructure of internet access—also nestles into the artwork and its specific context. There have been a revolving series of installations/recordings for the duration of this project. It is like having a sculptural exhibition extend through time (and through media) as well as through space. An archive of all documentation will be assembled, and public discourses, artist’s statements and critical writings will also be available.

© 2004 Sight Specifics. All rights reserved.