ART SECTION 2 - Land Mark

Question 1

A group of artwork made around a particular theme or subject

Answer 1

Series (pg. 49)

Question 2

Non-violent refusal to obey certain laws and demands as a form of protest

Answer 2

Civil Disobedience (pg. 49)

Question 3

Refers to a prominently visible object within a landscape that allows
travelers to establish their location

Answer 3

landmark (pg. 50)

Question 4

Created “Land Mark (Foot Prints)”

Answer 4

Allora and Calzadilla

Question 5

Born in Philadelphia and was educated at the University of Richmond, MIT, and
the Independent Study Program at New York’s Whitney American Art Museum

Answer 5

Allora

Question 6

Born in Havana, Cuba and was educated at the Escuela de Artes Plásticas y
Diseño de Puerto Rico, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, and
Bard College

Answer 6

Calzadilla

Question 7

Led a civil disobedience campaign in Vieques that began in the 1970s

Answer 7

Members of the Vieques Fishermen’s Association

Question 8

Dies when a fighter pilot selected an incorrect target on the ground and dropped
two bombs

Answer 8

David Sanes Rodriguez

Question 9

Allora’s first name

Answer 9

Jennifer

Question 10

Calzadilla first name

Answer 10

Guillermo

Question 11

Where was Allora born in

Answer 11

Philadelphia

Question 12

Where was Allora educated in

Answer 12

University of Richmond, MIT, and the Independent Study Program at New York’s Whitney American Art Museum

Question 13

Where was Calzadilla born in

Answer 13

Havana, Cuba

Question 14

Where was Calzadilla educated

Answer 14

Escuela de Artes Plásticas y Diseño de Puerto Rico, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, and Bard College

Question 15

Where did Allora and Calzadilla meet

Answer 15

While studying abroad in Florence in 1995

Question 16

Medias used by Allora and Calzadilla

Answer 16

Sculpture, Performance, Photography, Video, and Sound Art

Question 17

Where do Allora and Calzadilla currently live and work

Answer 17

San Juan, Puerto Rico

Question 18

“Land Mark” is part of an

Answer 18

extended series

Question 19

What did the US military take possession of during the WWII

Answer 19

They took possession of Vieques as a location to store and test weapons

Question 20

Who took possessions of Vieques to store and test weapons during WWII

Answer 20

The US military

Question 21

What did residents in Vieques do due to being disrupted by the US military

Answer 21

Organized a civil disobedience campaign that began in the 1970s

Question 22

What caused the tensions in Vieques to heighten

Answer 22

A fighter pilot and ground control officer accidentally killing David Sanes Rodriguez, a security guard

Question 23

How many were injured when 2 bombs were dropped in incorrect targets

Answer 23

4

Question 24

How many bombs were dropped incorrectly and how much did they weigh

Answer 24

2 five hundred lbs bombs

Question 25

Allora & Calzadilla joined civil disobedience groups in

Answer 25

trespassing into the bombing range on Vieques

Question 26

What did the artists create for the bombing ranges in Vieques when they were on these sites

Answer 26

Custom-made shoes to be worn by themselves and other protestors

Question 27

What was printed on the soles of the shoes in “Land Mark”

Answer 27

Printed messages and pictures laser-cut into a Plexiglas form; included messages in both English and Spanish

Question 28

Examples of English and Spanish messages on the soles of the shoes

Answer 28

“No more chemical and biological weapons on our land” and “Grande es el imperio que desafiamos, pero más grande es el derecho a la Libertad [Great is the empire we challenge, but greater is our right to liberty]

Question 29

Works with images in the soles includes

Answer 29

A map of Vieques with two large “X’s”

Question 30

2 places the large “X’s” are located

Answer 30

One over an ammunition storage area on the western side of the island and another over the bombing range on the eastern side

Question 31

Other images included in the soles

Answer 31

Weapons and symbols of peace

Question 32

Space image included in the soles

Answer 32

Astronaut Buzz Aldrin landing on the moon as part of the Apollo 11 space mission

Question 33

An artist included who celebrated the U.S. space program

Answer 33

Alma Thomas

Question 34

Purpose for including Apollo 11 in the sole of shoe

Answer 34

Intended to note what the artists perceived to be expansive colonial activities of the U.S.

Question 35

What does the picture of Apollo 11 record in “Land Mark”

Answer 35

The reach of the U.S. government beyond the bounds of our planet

Question 36

Witnessed the government reach beyond the bounds of our planet

Answer 36

Astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong having planted a U.S. flag on the moon

Question 37

When were the footprints made

Answer 37

During the protest

Question 38

How many sets and printed photographs were displayed for “Land Marks”

Answer 38

They displayed their artwork via 2 sets of 12 printed photographs

Question 39

Which collections is “Land Mark” from the resource guide part of

Answer 39

Collection #2

Question 40

What does the word “footprint” identify

Answer 40

A specific imprint made within Allora & Calzadilla larger group

Question 41

What does the phrase “Land Mark” describe

Answer 41

the actual activity of marking land

Question 42

2 ways of activity making the land in “Land Mark”

Answer 42

Something that the US Navy had done through denoting weapons on Vieques and the artists and other protesters had done more gently, through words and pictures that would blow away and disappear with the weather

Question 43

When written as “landmark”, the term refers to

Answer 43

A prominently visible object within a landscape that allows travelers to establish their location

Question 44

Human-made landmarks

Answer 44

tend to occupy their site with long-term constructions and are in physical standing

Question 45

What did “Land Mark” try to remove

Answer 45

A permanent occupant of Vieques with marks that were more short-lasting, low to the ground, and less destructive in nature

Question 46

What did the U.S. military do because of the continuing protest

Answer 46

The military began to close the site in 2001 and left entirely in 2003

Question 47

Made “Under Discussion”

Answer 47

Allora & Calzadilla

Question 48

Included in “Under Discussion”

Answer 48

6 minute video that shows a fisherman driving an upside-down table with a motor attached to the back around the island

Question 49

What metaphors were the artists interested in for “Under Discussion”

Answer 49

A table as an object that brings together people for a discussion, but when upturned, such an object also communicates disfunction

Question 50

What does the man in “Under Discussion” do

Answer 50

Circle a traditional path for fishing in Vieques

Question 51

What is included in the traditional path that the man follows in “Under Discussion”

Answer 51

Large craters from exploded bombs and signs indicating the presence of other explosives that had never detonated

Question 52

The path of the fisherman in “Under Discussion” is another way of

Answer 52

Marking the land in a manner that leaves no permanent trace

Question 53

How long was the video “Under Discussion”

Answer 53

6 minutes