Aluminum Tree

For many, Fresh Kills conjures up images of the “World’s Largest Landfill” - bulldozers pushing mountains of trash, flocks of seagulls fighting over table scraps, and plastic bags fluttering in the wind. After the closure of the landfill, many hope that this image will be replaced by Fresh Kills as a public park. The international design competition, Fresh Kills: Landfill to Landscape was the first step in transforming this image. Six finalists suggested six different visions of how Fresh Kills could be re-imagined. The winner of the competition, Lifescape by the landscape architecture firm Field Operations, proposes a design that focuses on nature not only as the antithesis of landfill, but as an agent of cultural change. James Corner, founder and director of Field Operations, first asked how might landscape architecture be a force that enriches and informs people’s perception of nature in his 1997 essay Ecology and Landscape as Agents of Creativity. Through Lifescape, Corner proposes an answer to his own question, and the resulting design responds to Fresh Kills landfill past, and it’s post-industrial future as a park.

In 1970, Webb participated in the first ever Earth Day to show solidarity for the environment. Through the lenses of an architect he also gained further respect for the landscape. While studying architecture at UPenn, Webb was introduced to Ian McHarg. McHarg was one of the founders of ecological planning and author of “Design with Nature”. Webb really identified with McHarg’s book and explained how the book opened, “The possibilities to protecting and living within the landscape around us.” Reading “Design with Nature” helped Webb further understand how fragile nature was and how much people that live within nature depended on it. The book put further emphasis on protecting and caring for nature which is something Webb has remembered to this day and continues to act upon through his own projects and

In addition, back to the main title about this episode, the ecology. The artist used different way to tell people how the artwork can looks like, and he is trying to show people the importance of the nature. On the other hands, people in society may or may not experience about forest, and the artist bring the forest into the small building where everyone can easier to see and the artist can achieve his main point about

Describe what you did. This does not mean that you copy and paste from what you have posted or the assignments you have prepared. You need to describe what you did and how you did it.

1. Describe what you did. This does not mean that you copy and paste from what you have posted or the assignments you have prepared. You need to describe what you did and how you did it.

Our curatorial theme is environmentally conscious and sustainable art. The two artists of my choosing, Nathalie Miebach and Olafur Eliasson, make artworks that are inspired and informed by the environment in ways that are somewhat nontraditional for environmental art. Nathalie makes sculptural representations of weather data from storms; Olafur Eliasson makes works that examine the viewer’s connection and experience of various environments and breaks down those experiences and replicates that in manmade ways.

There they lay to deteriorate, unless broken down and used as raw material for another purpose. “With The Grain” is an exhibition about that repurposing. Eight artists, Raina Chamberlain, Dan Havel, Alex Larsen, Jesse Lott, Edward Lane McCartney, Page Piland, Patrick Renner and Dean Ruck, use reclaimed wood to recontextualize our interaction with the product. The materials are given a new life in the public space.

At the turn of the 20th century, a number of American landscape practitioners were implementing increasingly naturalistic designs inspired by the native landscape. The trend coincided with advances in the field of ecology, which revealed the dynamics of plant communities and encouraged a growing appreciation of the natural landscape and its cycles (Grese 1998, 10). Designers such as Jens Jensen and Ossian Cole Simonds incorporated this knowledge into their practice, adopting ecological planting design in their work. Using indigenous plants and naturalistic compositions they created landscapes that were specific to the region and in doing so, effectively brought the natural world into the city (Rogers 2001). The imitation of natural plant communities

Describe what you did. This does not mean that you copy and paste from what you have posted or the assignments you have prepared. You need to describe what you did and how you did it.

This image demonstrates the dynamic relationship that humans have with the land. The tree is the direct connection between the two. Above the tree is abstract art that can represent different people or communities that connect us to our land. This connects to the front matter because student’s identity and citizenship will be affected by understanding the relationship between humans and the land, places, or environment (pg.7). After students have explored this unique relationship they will be able to study the impact of physical geography on the social, political, environmental and economic organization of societies (pg.7). Lastly, students will make connections to the land, which will influence their sense

I viewed Fernand Léger’s “Composition with Tree Trunks” (painted in 1933, using oil paints on canvas) at the Dallas Museum of Art in their permanent collection, on September 17, 2016. The painting is placed on the second floor, within a collection of 20th-century European art. This work visually yells at passersby, begging them to look at it as they move up the staircase. One is invited to stand at the entrance of the level and contemplate this painting’s loose form and captivating use of color and line. Léger utilizes abstract forms (to create ambiguous objects) with organic and biomorphic shapes, raw lines and blurred colors to fabricate vague relationships between these shapes, as well as surrealist qualities to showcase his experiments in art during the Cubist movement. He successfully captures the “grab-bag” essence of his work by borrowing ideas from Cubism, Suprematism, Surrealism, and Expressionism and effectively creates a unified and mystical scene that connects nature and its biological elements with technology and its mechanical elements.

This shows how important it is, to let the public knows that their actions actually matters to the world. Especially during my study abroad program, where I travelled to a number of European countries, it is obvious to me that the Northern Europe is way more aware of this situation and their way of living is comparably more conscious of their actions than the current situation in the United States is. Comparably, if the United States can have the same state of mind as these “Green” countries, the ripple effect will be way stronger than those countries as well. This gives me a strong motion to educate my future clients about the impacts they can make and how they can actually do the world a better good.

No matter someone’s political view, personal beliefs, or behaviors, it is undeniable that the Earth is slowly crumbling as it ages and humans have some part in that. We leave our carbon footprint all over the world, especially America. Fortunately, there are many people out there that are working on trying to fix the mistakes of others and are helping to clean up this Earth. Some of these people are what makes up the organization Greenpeace. It has a background of being a leading organization in the country. Like OD, Greenpeace is focused on education, having a long range prospective, looking for creativity in their volunteers, and working together as a group.

The name of Willian Robinson’s artwork “The ancient trees” is a creation landscape. This artwork is oil paint on canvas and the size is 200×819.3cm. The artwork is presented as the landscape with a number of Antarctic Beeches, mountain and a beautiful sky from a different view.(

College students focus on three main things: classes, studying, and socializing. One rarely thinks about how they can make a difference in our environment. When visiting the University of Arkansas at Little Rock one can observe packed parking lots, immense amount of plastic water bottles sitting on a student’s desk, various vending machines for quick accessibility, stacks of paper for notes and homework, and tons of unrecycled items in garbage cans. With over 11,000 students in attendance at the University, it is vital that all students come together and make the decision to save the environment by going green. Why go green? The earths carbon footprint is increasing daily and if we take the steps now we may be saving our earth forever. What is a carbon footprint and why does it matter? Carbon footprint is the total amount of greenhouse gases produced to directly and indirectly support human activities, usually expressed in equivalent tons of carbon dioxide which is what can cause climate change (Time for change). As climate change is developing rapidly, it is now affecting all forms of life on earth. The daily tasks one completes around campus can actually be contributing to climate change and one may not realize it. It is my campaign strategy to raise the importance of the subject, and urge students to go green. My general hope for the campaign is that students will be motivated to go green around campus, and establish green practices in their daily routine. The main