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Meter JUngle Flashcards

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Where and when was Mark Dion born

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born in 1961 in New Bedford, Massachusetts

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What type of art projects is Mark Dion recognized for

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He is recognized for conceptual art projects grounded in environmental concerns

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Which influential program did Dion participate in during the 1980s

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He participated in the Independent Study Program of the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York

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Who was one of the teachers Dion studied with at the Whitney Museum

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He studied with Hans Haacke

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What aspect of art has Dion been concerned with throughout his career

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the histories of museum display

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Made “Neukom Vivarium”

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Mark Dion

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What is “Neukom Vivarium”, and where was it installed

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A work where Dion installed a sixty-foot hemlock tree in a purpose-built greenhouse in Seattle’s Olympic Sculpture Park

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What does “Neukom Vivarium” allow visitors to witness

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It allows visitors to witness the decomposition of the tree within its ecosystem

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What is “Milred’s Lane”, and where is it located

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A permanent art site and artist residency located in rural northeastern Pennsylvania

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Who did Dion collaborate with to create “Milred’s Lane”

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J. Morgan Puett

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What intersection does “Milred’s Lane” commit to

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It is committed to the intersection of art and ecology.

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Made “A Meter of Jungle”

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Mark Dion

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When did Dion work on “A Meter of Jungle”

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throughout the summer of 1992

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exhibition where “A Meter of Jungle” was displayed

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Arte Amazonas

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Where was the exhibition “Arte Amazonas” held

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Rio de Janeiro’s Museu de Arte Moderna

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What did Dion transplant to the gallery for his work

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He transplanted a section of the Amazon rainforest floor

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What process did Dion use to work on the rainforest floor in the gallery

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He systematically sifted through it to remove invertebrates

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How did Dion set up his workspace in the gallery

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He constructed a makeshift desk with saplings, twine, and tin cans

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What tools did Dion use while working on “A Meter of Jungle”

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He used tweezers and magnifying glasses

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What remains of “A Meter of Jungle”

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A photographic diptych showing the patch of forest extracted for the show

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(A Meter of Jungle) What does the orange flagging tape in the photographs symbolize

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It symbolizes the disjointedness between the Earthwork created in the rainforest and the mundane activity performed in the museum

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Mode of presenting what is similarly conceived in works throughtout the period

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the labor of taxonomic classification

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Who is mentioned as a reference point for “A Meter of Jungle”

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The early twentieth-century natural historian William Beebe

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In what year did William Beebe fill his “war-bag” with materials from the Brazilian rainforest

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1915

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What items did Beebe include in his “war-bag”

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He included leaves, sticks, moss, earth, and mold

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How long was Beebe’s boat ride back to New York

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ten-day boat ride

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What organization was Beebe employed by when he collected these materials

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New York Zoological Park (now the Bronx Zoo)

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What division did Beebe later found

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Department of Tropical Research

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What title informs Dion’s earlier work produced in 1992

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The N.Y. Bureau of Tropical Conservation

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Where did Dion sort through materials for The N.Y. Bureau of Tropical Conservation

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In the American Fine Arts gallery in New York

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Where did Dion gather the materials he sorted in the American Fine Arts gallery in New York

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He gathered them in the Orinoco Basin of Venezuela

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How were the materials displayed in The N.Y. Bureau of Tropical Conservation

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They were stacked on open shelves for display

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How did The New Yorker describe the show at the time

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“of special interest to those scholars and voyeurs who are glorified file clerks at heart.”

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What similar aspect is highlighted between The N.Y. Bureau of Tropical Conservation and “A Meter of Jungle”

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Both exhibit a potential tedium for viewers related to their scientific activities

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What interests does Dion have

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Environmental politics, natural history, performance art, and the display conventions of museums

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What effect can simplistic scientific busywork have on environments

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It can have a profound effect on how environments are understood and treated

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What year were both “A Meter of Jungle’s” & “The N.Y. Bureau of Tropical Conservation” created that reflect Dion’s concern for the tropics

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1992

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What artwork from the previous year served as an outgrowth for Dion’s 1992 installations

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On Tropical Nature

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How long did Dion spend in the Venezuelan rainforest collecting flora and fauna for “On Tropical Nature”

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3 weeks

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Where did Dion send the collected flora and fauna

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To the Sala Mendoza in Caracas

41
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How were the collected samples arranged upon arrival at the museum

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They were placed in rows on tables according to the order in which they were removed

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What comprises the form of “On Tropical Nature” today

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A sample of the deposits collected

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How many discrete sculptures were created from the samples of “On Tropical Nature”

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4 discrete sculptures

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Where are the sculptures from “On Tropical Nature” now located

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They’re dispersed among different museum collections

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What was done with other samples collected for On Tropical Nature

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They were reused in The N.Y. Bureau of Tropical Research

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What years did Dion’s engagement with “On Tropical Nature” span

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1991 and 1992

47
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Which continents are mentioned in relation to Dion’s projects during the engagement with “On Tropical Nature”

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North & South America

48
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What primary theme has Dion’s practice consistently dealt with since the late 1980s

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Ecological crisis

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How have most critics addressed the environmental importance of Dion’s work

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As either an antiquated passion for “natural history” or strictly an activist call to action

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What specific ecological area does Dion’s extended treatment provide a more exacting view on

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The tropical rainforest

51
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Two forms “tropics” took in Dion’s work in 1989

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1) interactive information stations 2)didactic video programs and pamphlets reporting on rainforest depletion

52
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An example of an interactive information station

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a library-looking-cart called “Tropical Rainforest Preserves”, created by Dion and William Schefferine

53
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Made “Tropical Rainforest Preserves”

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Mark Dion & William Schefferine

54
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When did “tropics” first appear in Dion’s work

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1989

55
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What were some of the touchstone environmental issues of the late 1980s and early 1990s

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The tropical rainforest, the earth’s depleted ozone layer, acid rain, nuclear energy, and the rise of consumer recycling

56
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How did public awareness of the rainforest as an environmental concern escalate

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It escalated gradually, beginning with sporadic reports in the 1970s that increased over the next two decades

57
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When was the identification of an “ozone hole” above Antarctica announced

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1985

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By what years had the coverage of tropical rainforests become remarkably extensive

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1991–92

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What major event coincided with the creation of “A Meter of Jungle”

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The United Nations “Earth Summit” in Rio de Janeiro in 1992

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How many nations attended the United Nations “Earth Summit”

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172 nations

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How significant was the 1992 Earth Summit in terms of United Nations gatherings

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It was the first such gathering convened by the United Nations in 20 years

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describes countries in the southern hemisphere

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Global South (pg. 82)

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What does Dion claim his work does not address directly

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“Tropical nature” per se

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What does Dion focus on regarding the tropical rainforest

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The cultural representation of tropical nature across the past 300 years

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How does Dion view the relationship between the lands of the equatorial tropics and European colonialism

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The lands were a key location for European colonialism, profiting the Northern hemisphere from the raw materials and labor of the Southern hemisphere

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By the 1990s, how long had the nations of the Global South been officially decolonized

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For decades

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What ongoing effect of colonization does Dion highlight in relation to the rainforest

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The environmental crisis of rainforest depletion

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What inequalities does Dion link to the environmental crisis of rainforest depletion

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The lingering inequalities of the colonial North–South divide

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What contemporary concern does “A Meter of Jungle” address

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The current environmental crisis

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What past practice does the work perform that contributed to the current crisis

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Extractionist natural science

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How is “A Meter of Jungle” described in terms of its tone

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It’s both deadly serious and open to engaging with history in a performative and even satirical manner

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What does Dion acknowledge about his insect classifications

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They were pointless

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