Additional Art Flashcards
Made “Rice/Tree/Burial”
Agnes Denes
How does Denes describe “Rice/Tree/Burial”
As a manifesto
How many components are in “Rice/Tree/Burial”
3
Where was “Rice/Tree/Burial” carried out
Sullivan County, NY
Explain the rice in “Rice/Tree/Burial”
The rice is actual rice that Denes planted, as a gesture and actual means to sustain life
Explain tree in “Rice/Tree/Burial”
The tree is a group of mature trees that’s wrapped in chains which creates a zigzag pattern of metal reaching up toward the sky, as a symbolic expression of human damage and interference with the natural world
What is the zigzag pattern of the trees in “Rice/Tree/Burial” symbolizing
Expression of human damage and interference with the natural world
Explain burial in “Rice/Tree/Burial”
The burial staged was of burying a haiku poem she had written which she didn’t keep a record of since part of her expression was to give up human thought and the conventions of poetic form into the earth
Where was Denes asked to recreate “Rice/Tree/Burial”
Artpark, an outdoor space for site-based artworks in Lewiston, NY
What was different about the rice in Denes recreation of “Rice/Tree/Burial”
Rice was planted on half-acre land, but its growth was affected by mutations from contaminants in the soil
Where did the contaminants from Artpark arose from
To its proximity to Love Canal, an abandoned waterway off of the Niagara River in Niagara Falls
How many tons of toxins were dumped by the Hooker Chemical Company in the mid-20th century
21,000 tons
Dumped 21,000 tons in Love Canal in the mid-20th century
Hooker Chemical Company
What is the Hooker Chemical Company called now
The Occidental Petroleum Company
What was different about the tree in Denes recreation of “Rice/Tree/Burial”
Nothing- the trees were still chained
What was different about the burial in Denes recreation of “Rice/Tree/Burial”
She didn’t bury a poem but instead a time capsule that’s encased in 9 ft of concrete, with a plaque indicating that it shouldn’t be opened until 2979
When should the time capsule in the recreation of “Rice/Tree/Burial” be opened
2979
How thick is the concrete in which the time capsule in “Rice/Tree/Burial” encased in
What additional thing was added into the recreation of “Rice/Tree/Burial”
A fourth element - a act of filming the precipice of Niagara Falls for a sustained period of 7 days, while propped out over the falls on a constructed ledge
How many days was there for filming the precipice of Niagara for the recreation of “Rice/Tree/Burial”
7 days
For “Tree Mountain” what does Denes return to
time capsules
(Tree Mountain) Denes thought of trees as their own kind of
living time capsule
(Tree Mountain How many trees were in Denes proposed pattern and how many people planted them
10,000 trees and 10,000 people to plant them
(Tree Mountain) What was the idea for the pattern
Intricate geometric spiral
