S4 Art Dates/Numbers

Question 1

what year did Jack Burnham publish his influential piece of art criticism that introduced the term “Systems Esthetics”

Answer 1

1968

Question 2

time period that covers the evolving perspective on ecological systems in art

Answer 2

early 1970s - early 2010s

Question 3

When was the term “ecosystem” first coined

Answer 3

1935

Question 4

what year were Helen and Newton Harrison married

Answer 4

1953

Question 5

When did Helen and Newton Harrison begin their collaborative art practice

Answer 5

Late 1960s

Question 6

which period of their marriage did Newton Harrison work as a solo artist

Answer 6

The first 2 decades of their marriage

Question 7

When was “Making Earth” first performed

Answer 7

1970

Question 8

How long did “The Lagoon Cycle” project occupy the Harrisons

Answer 8

1972-1984

Question 9

How many cycles are included in “The Lagoon Cycle”

Answer 9

7

Question 10

What year was Hans Haacke born

Answer 10

1936

Question 11

When did Haacke begin experimenting with the movement of water within Plexiglas containers

Answer 11

1963

Question 12

What years did the Condensation Cube span

Answer 12

1963-65

Question 13

(Shapolsky) How long before the exhibition was the cancellation

Answer 13

6 weeks before it was scheduled to open

Question 14

What year did Haacke begin “Rhine Water Purification Plant”

Answer 14

1972

Question 15

How much untreated wastewater did the City of Krefeld pour into the Rhine in 1972

Answer 15

About 11 billion gallons

Question 16

Which solstices do the “Sun Tunnels” align with

Answer 16

The summer and winter solstices on June 21 and December 21

Question 17

(Sun Tunnels) The dimension of the “X”

Answer 17

86 ft on the diagonal

Question 18

How much does each cylinder in “Sun Tunnels” weigh

Answer 18

22 tons

Question 19

In which magazine did Holt publish her essay about “Sun Tunnels”

Answer 19

Artforum magazine in the April 1977 issue

Question 20

When was Holt’s essay “Sun Tunnels” published

Answer 20

April 1977

Question 21

How long did it take Holt to plan and execute “Sun Tunnels”

Answer 21

3 years

Question 22

What happened to Robert Smithson on July 20

Answer 22

He crashed and died while flying over the site of “Amarillo Ramp”

Question 23

In what year did Nancy Holt pass away

Answer 23

2014

Question 24

Over what period did Holt create “Dark Star Park”

Answer 24

From 1979 to 1984

Question 25

Holt created art pieces through the period 1979 to 1984 at

Answer 25

Rosslyn neighborhood of Arlington, Virginia

Question 26

(Dark Star Park) At what precise time do the metal shadows align with the actual shadows cast by the sun

Answer 26

9:32 am on August 1 each year

Question 27

Time of the day that is an arbitrary choice by the artist

Answer 27

0.39722222222222214

Question 28

What is the significance of the date August 1 in relation to "Dark Star Park"

Answer 28

It references the day in 1860 that William Henry Ross purchased the land from his father-in-law that would later be named Rosslyn

Question 29

Where and when was Mark Dion born

Answer 29

born in 1961 in New Bedford, Massachusetts

Question 30

Which influential program did Dion participate in during the 1980s

Answer 30

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

Question 31

When did Dion work on "A Meter of Jungle"

Answer 31

throughout the summer of 1992

Question 32

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

Answer 32

1915

Question 33

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

Answer 33

ten-day boat ride

Question 34

What title informs Dion's earlier work produced in 1992

Answer 34

The N.Y. Bureau of Tropical Conservation

Question 35

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

Answer 35

1992

Question 36

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

Answer 36

On Tropical Nature

Question 37

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

Answer 37

3 weeks

Question 38

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

Answer 38

4 discrete sculptures

Question 39

What years did Dion's engagement with "On Tropical Nature" span

Answer 39

1991 and 1992

Question 40

When did "tropics" first appear in Dion's work

Answer 40

1989

Question 41

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

Answer 41

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

Question 42

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

Answer 42

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

Question 43

When was the identification of an "ozone hole" above Antarctica announced

Answer 43

1985

Question 44

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

Answer 44

1991–92

Question 45

What major event coincided with the creation of "A Meter of Jungle"

Answer 45

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

Question 46

How many nations attended the United Nations “Earth Summit”

Answer 46

172 nations

Question 47

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

Answer 47

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

Question 48

What does Dion focus on regarding the tropical rainforest

Answer 48

The cultural representation of tropical nature across the past 300 years

Question 49

For which iteration of Documenta was "Untilled" created

Answer 49

13th iteration of Documenta

Question 50

In what year was "Untilled" created

Answer 50

2012

Question 51

When did Huyghe first emerge to international audiences

Answer 51

In the 1990s

Question 52

How much did Huyghe and Parreno pay for Annlee

Answer 52

46,000 yen (approximately 400 US dollars)

Question 53

In what year did the exhibition featuring Annlee tour

Answer 53

2002

Question 54

How many renditions of Annlee were shown, and how many different artists created them

Answer 54

17 renditions by 15 different artists

Question 55

When did the project "No Ghost Just a Shell" abruptly end

Answer 55

2002

Question 56

What did Huyghe and Parreno do to remove Annlee from the public domain

Answer 56

They founded a private company, the Annlee Association, and sold her rights to the company for the emblematic price of $1

Question 57

For what price did Huyghe and Parreno sell Annlee’s rights to their private company

Answer 57

1

Question 58

When did the fireworks display take place

Answer 58

On December 4, 2002

Question 59

In what year did Art Basel Miami Beach begin

Answer 59

2002

Question 60

Since when has the original Art Basel been held in the Swiss city of Basel

Answer 60

Since 1970

Question 61

When did international biennial exhibitions proliferate

Answer 61

In the 1990s and early part of the twenty-first century

Question 62

Since when have international biennial exhibitions existed

Answer 62

Since the late nineteenth century

Question 63

How often is a typical biennial held

Answer 63

Every 2 years

Question 64

How often is Documenta held

Answer 64

every 5 years

Question 65

When did Documenta begin

Answer 65

1955; After the decimation of Kassel and many other European cities during the Second World War

Question 66

For which iteration of Documenta was "Untilled" created

Answer 66

13th iteration of Documenta

Question 67

In what year was "Untilled" created

Answer 67

2012