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Land art
Aim of activity Create your own artwork, inspired by your local landscape and using only natural materials.
What you’ll get out of it • Understandyourlocallandscape.• Learnaboutlandart.• Beresourcefulwithnaturalmaterials.• Workasateam.
What you’ll need • Anoutsidespace• Pensandpaper• Stringortape• Accesstonaturalresources• Examplesoflandartprintedout(optional)
Exploring nature
45 mins
Challenge yourself
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Whethertheycreateartdirectlyfromtheearth,orbyarrangingnaturalmaterialsinto3Dmasterpieces,landartistsincorporatetheirworkintotheirsurroundings.
What to doYou are going to create an art installationthatreflectsyourlocal
landscape. You can use any natural materials you can find, and you’ll be given string or ropetouseifyouwant.
Discussyourlocalareaanditslandscape.Writedownanywordsthatyouthinkdescribe it.
Land artists
Landartistsuseahugevarietyofmaterialsandlocationstocreateinstallationsthatreflectandenhancethelandscape.Herearesomeexamples.
Richard Long:Anaward-winningartistwhocreatespiecesoutofstoneandmudonahugescale.Heisespeciallyfondofspiralsusing contrasting colours and vast landscapes.
Cornelia Konrads:Worksinforestscreatingsuspended installations between trees and walls.Sheusesfeathers,logsandleavestomakethespacescometolife.
Unknown:Therearemanypiecesofland artthatdatebackthousandsofyears. TheUffingtonWhiteHorse,forexample,is110metreslongandcanbeseenformiles.
Getintogroupsofthreeorfour.Lookatthelistofwordsandspendfiveminutes
discussingwhatkindofinstallationyouwouldliketomake.Whatmaterialswillworkwell?
Gooutsideandlookforaspacetobuildyourartwork.Youdon’thaveto
builditdirectlyontheground;youcouldusespacesbetweentrees,treerootsorbushes.Onceyou’vechosenagoodspot,sketchoutyourideas.Whenyouagreeonone,startcollecting natural materials to make your artwork. Remember, you can only use natural materials(exceptforthestring/tapetoholdthemtogether).Youhavetenminutes!
Younowhave20minutestocreateyourinstallation.
Whenyourtimeisup,presentyourinstallationtotheothergroups.Explain
whatinspiredyouandwhatitrepresents.
Wheneachteamhaspresented,ifit’ssafetodosoleaveyourlandartfor
otherstoenjoy.However,ifitcouldbeahazardtoothers,anyanimalsorthearea,make sure you dismantle your artwork and returntheitemstotheplacesyoufoundthem,removinganytapeorstring.
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