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.