Land Art Survey, PRATO D’ARTE MARZONA, Verzegnis, Italien
Art Conservation and Architecture students of the Academy travelled together to survey land art pieces belonging to a private collector in Friuli. A joint project of the Institute of Art and Architecture, Christina Condak and Institute of Conservation - Restoration, Carolin Bohlmann. In collaboration with Michela Lupieri, contemporary Italian art curator and researcher.
Land art in its various forms often leaves the object without any processing and uses geographical conditions, form, and consistency of the material used to convey statements. Due to natural conditions such as soil texture, temperature, and other climatic conditions as well as the respective geographical location, preservation and transience play a significant role in the reception of Land Art projects.
Art Conservation and Architecture students of the Academy traveled together to survey land art pieces belonging to a private collector in Friuli. Works by Bruce Nauman, Carl Andre, Sol Lewitt, Lawrence Weiner, Dan Graham, Robert Grosvenor, Richard Long, Richard Nonas, and others were documented, measured and drawn. Conservation concepts for the land art park and specific concrete conservation-restoration measures were discussed on site.
Collaborative decisions need to be made: Decay or not? Artist intention? Material agency? Affordances? Ultimately, many of these works can only be preserved through documentation and scholarship. Awareness and accessibility (drawings and writings) will allow these works to be addressed according to their artistic intent, to be preserved - or not. Possibly, change and decay is also an option.
Participating students:
Helen Andres, Carlotta Bageritz, Sophie Behnert, Antonia Diewald, Hannah Ehre, Judith Leibrecht, Josefine Rüter, Nico Schleicher, Martin Sturz