long, a line made by walking Flashcards
walking in longs art
walking is a central activity in longs art, the work is founded upon the art of walking (religious dimension to long)
what is it
a path made by walking continuously presented in photo
setting
english countryside, Wiltshire
what does a line made by walking symbolise
time, travel, distance, geography, movememnt, ritual
-its a temporal activity that sacredly left a mark showing the workn is about transcience and lack of permanence
-used his body so symbolises primal link between man and nature (shows a walk is the most practical way to connect with nature)
natures permenance is exemplified by lack of permanance of line
process and technique
took trail from waterloo to wiltshire
randomly got off train and selected landscape
physically walked on natural material
took photo and got train home (no studio)
relates to his ‘snowball’ sculpture
where was he a student at at the time
central saint martins
how is working directlyt with the landscape a british tradition
harks back to capability browns landscape gardening
link to einsteins theory of relativity
use of walking shows time has a fourth dimension as well as time as a scale of distance
what did long say about walking art
not all walking is art, only when one makes it art it becomes art
‘anything an artist makes is art’
cultral history of walking
religious- e.g pilgrimages
how does he use photography
as a form of documentation of his works (photograph itself isnt art)
shot in black and white directly
limitations of photography-viewer only sees one perspective
viewers viewpoint
stands on line as if they made it
scale
in relation to human form
what type of art is this
sculpture, minimalism
effect of sculpture
juxtaposes organic shapes showing impression of a human on nature
