What is site specific art? From 50’s + 60’s it was pioneered as a decontextualisation of the museum space, formed from many of the contemporary art sub-genres “To change the space”
Site – constituent physical properties
Place- More cultural meanings
Art/Life – Pracrice as am evaluation in the present moment. A correlation between the private and the public
Pshyco-geography – an approach to geography that emphasises the playfulness and “drifting” around urban environments
Architecture – sites change // sites can be sites of conflict, e.g. the Berlin Wall
+Allan Kaprow, Sweet Wall, Berlin 1970
+Marina Abramovich + Ulay, The lowers great wall of china, 1988
+how can you use sites to signify other meanings
+Gordon Matta Clark, Splitting Englewood, 1974 // how can you change an environment
+Stitt, The Big Pinko, 2009 (Sydney)
+BOOK – The Poetics of space, Gaston Bachelard
Social space _ physical or virtual space, such as a social centre
+Hi Red Center, Street cleaning action, 1964
+Mierle Ukeles,Cleaning the city, 1974
+Mierle Ukeles, Social Mirror, 1983 
+Gordon Matta Clark, Graffiti truck, 1973
Social interaction/ moveable sites
+Rachel Whiteread, House, 1993 
Activism – Use of direct often confrontational actions, e.g. demonstration or strike
+Mel Chin, Revival field, 1990-1
+Bonnie Shirk, Public Lunch, SAN Francisco, 1971
Activism can be a celebration of something
+Andre Stitt, Killing Time, 1998
+Entre Tot, Outdoor texts, Amsterdam, 1980
Territory – a certain area that’s owned or controlled of someone who is a territory
+Vito Acconi, following piece, 1969
+ Paul McCarthy, whipping Pasadena, California, 1974 
+ Kerry Trengove, Covent Garden, 1997
Communal Monumental – of or relating to a commune/ community monumental to emphasise the size or extent of something
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