You did a great job of making something so unnatural look natural at least from afar. I remember seeing you all construct this and wondering how you found all of those colorful leaves. And when you get up close it is very provocative. Thanks for making something that makes us think.
definitely relevant to the time we live in with the advertisements in nature and how the relate to each other. you used nature and therefore made it relevant to the place you were in. it relates to earthworks with a nuance of inclusion of civilization in nature and the by product of what we use to live.
i think you guys did well achieving your ultimate goals.
the only suggestion i can think of is doing it on an even larger scale. or using more materials or something of that ilk.
relevancy comes in part from the natural appearance that the leaves portray and the colors that they used to make them blend into the environment. But an appearance is as far as it goes since they used products from the industrial world to portray the contrast between nature and what is natural to us.
It was only relevant to the place we were in the fashion that they needed a completely natural world, one untouched by human construct, to show their ideas.
They accomplished their goal by representing the products we so often associate with normal life, with nature we often take for granted. By contrasting the two, it brings forth thematic elements that we would not normally reflect on.
We love your work! It is very much relevant to the time that we live in, and purposefully irrelevant to the location. Your work mimics Goldworthy's earthworks, with intentional adaptations. In the first few images, we didn't realize that the leaves weren't natural or that they were nailed to the tree. From a distance, your pieces appear completely inspired by Goldsworthy, but, upon close inspection, bear a message and additional source of inspiration apart from Goldsworthy.
Relevant to time: Extremely, especially with the food packaging used as the leaves Relevant to place: somewhat. They used the surrounding woods and area well but brought their own stuff to add to it instead of using the natural elements Relevant to landscapes and earthworks: again somewhat. They used the woods but brought along man made things (trash) to put in the natural Successful at aim: Extremely. Definitely portrayed the contrast between what is natural to us (the brands) and what was natural in the world (the forest and nature). Revisions?: the one with the brands inside the tree was really strong but the ones nailed on the trees weren't. Don't really know how to make that stronger though
1. Very relevant to our current culture. Nice work with the simulacrum of mass-produced packaging in place of natural leaves. In some of the photos, we didn't even notice the difference between normal leaves and the "packaged" leaves. Relevant to the mounds since you brought in outside leaves to masquerade as real ones. Relates to larger tradition through manipulation of environment through non-natural materials. Man-mad items serve as an imposition about the natural environment.
2. Really successful. You seemed to articulate your ideas very well. This translated in each of your projects. The whole thing seemed very intentional.
3. It would have been nice to a see a few more of the first project's zoomed out images. But overall, great work!!
definitely relevant. our culture is so consumed with brand adversing, that it's the only natural next step to bring it into nature...masquerading as leaves and such. It's almost weird not to be shocked by seeing all the food wrappers in the woods since it's become so familiar to us.
i think it was a very successful attempt to bring advertising into nature.
the shots of the leaves with the sky in the background were incredible! the lines of nature and man-made were really blurred
You did a great job of making something so unnatural look natural at least from afar. I remember seeing you all construct this and wondering how you found all of those colorful leaves. And when you get up close it is very provocative. Thanks for making something that makes us think.
ReplyDeletedefinitely relevant to the time we live in with the advertisements in nature and how the relate to each other. you used nature and therefore made it relevant to the place you were in. it relates to earthworks with a nuance of inclusion of civilization in nature and the by product of what we use to live.
ReplyDeletei think you guys did well achieving your ultimate goals.
the only suggestion i can think of is doing it on an even larger scale. or using more materials or something of that ilk.
relevancy comes in part from the natural appearance that the leaves portray and the colors that they used to make them blend into the environment. But an appearance is as far as it goes since they used products from the industrial world to portray the contrast between nature and what is natural to us.
ReplyDeleteIt was only relevant to the place we were in the fashion that they needed a completely natural world, one untouched by human construct, to show their ideas.
They accomplished their goal by representing the products we so often associate with normal life, with nature we often take for granted. By contrasting the two, it brings forth thematic elements that we would not normally reflect on.
We love your work! It is very much relevant to the time that we live in, and purposefully irrelevant to the location. Your work mimics Goldworthy's earthworks, with intentional adaptations. In the first few images, we didn't realize that the leaves weren't natural or that they were nailed to the tree. From a distance, your pieces appear completely inspired by Goldsworthy, but, upon close inspection, bear a message and additional source of inspiration apart from Goldsworthy.
ReplyDeleteRelevant to time: Extremely, especially with the food packaging used as the leaves
ReplyDeleteRelevant to place: somewhat. They used the surrounding woods and area well but brought their own stuff to add to it instead of using the natural elements
Relevant to landscapes and earthworks: again somewhat. They used the woods but brought along man made things (trash) to put in the natural
Successful at aim: Extremely. Definitely portrayed the contrast between what is natural to us (the brands) and what was natural in the world (the forest and nature).
Revisions?: the one with the brands inside the tree was really strong but the ones nailed on the trees weren't. Don't really know how to make that stronger though
1. Very relevant to our current culture. Nice work with the simulacrum of mass-produced packaging in place of natural leaves. In some of the photos, we didn't even notice the difference between normal leaves and the "packaged" leaves. Relevant to the mounds since you brought in outside leaves to masquerade as real ones. Relates to larger tradition through manipulation of environment through non-natural materials. Man-mad items serve as an imposition about the natural environment.
ReplyDelete2. Really successful. You seemed to articulate your ideas very well. This translated in each of your projects. The whole thing seemed very intentional.
3. It would have been nice to a see a few more of the first project's zoomed out images. But overall, great work!!
definitely relevant. our culture is so consumed with brand adversing, that it's the only natural next step to bring it into nature...masquerading as leaves and such. It's almost weird not to be shocked by seeing all the food wrappers in the woods since it's become so familiar to us.
ReplyDeletei think it was a very successful attempt to bring advertising into nature.
the shots of the leaves with the sky in the background were incredible! the lines of nature and man-made were really blurred