A ground-breaking documentary feature film, a first of its kind championing land art from the southern hemisphere, is set to captivate audiences. Directed and produced by Cape Town-based filmmaker and founder-owner of CineSouth Studios, Victor van Aswegen, “Sculpting This Earth” … Continued
Buse Mutan was born on March 11 th , 1982 in Izmir. She graduated from Dokuz Eylul University, Buca Faculty of Education, Department of Fine Arts Education in 2018. The same year, she started studying for a Master’s degree in Sculpture … Continued
Destruction of Nature, Destruction of the Human being. Raheleh Minoosh Zomorodinia. California, 2010 rahelehzomorodinia.com
Today we had a Cape Land Art gathering on Strand beach, next to the mouth of the Lourens River. It was incredibly windy, so I played a bit with the blowing of the sand, Chris created a spiral, while Zbys … Continued
Informal land art group session at the Garden Route Botanical Garden, George, Western Cape, South Africa. 21 March 2019. Autumn Equinox & Full Moon.Participants: Bianca van Zyl, Bianca Boudan, Caroline Hall, Janet Botes, Tiahnah Brodie, Wayde Hardy.
On Sunday the 10th of March we visited Kalanderkloof for a small informal land art gathering. Thank you to Helga Stassen from Glass Roots Studio for hosting us and allowing us into the magical spaces for which you have stewardship! … Continued
During February 2019 Janet Botes facilitated two land art sessions on the Garden Route: Sunday Land Art gathering. 10 February 2019.Site: Pledge Nature Reserve, South Africa. Participants: Nanna Joubert, Koerina Deacon, Petra Bongartz, Ingrid Nuss, Janet Botes, Roz Schubert, Sylvia … Continued
RED EARTH is an international environmental arts group creating site-specific sculpture installations and performances in the landscape. “Red Earth create site-specific work in, and in response to the landscape: installations, performances and participatory events exploring our natural and cultural heritage, … Continued
You might have seen the video of the little puffer fish creating sand mandalas on the ocean floor. If not, have a look now >> Here’s another animal – this time from the avian realms: Some are called catbirds, gardeners, … Continued
To attract a female the Puffer Fish (Tetraodontidae) spends about a week creating – maintaining it 24/7 so the currents don’t destroy it – a Sand Mandala of about 2 meters in diameter. The little puffer fish is only about … Continued
I attended the recent Pen & Stone workshop by Heleen de Haas, at Aswater / Die Letterhuis, situated between Klaarstroom and Prince Albert in the Karoo. And what an experience it was! Not only did I learn, play and rediscover … Continued
From the Tankwa Artscape website: Art Camp will be from Friday 24 May to Monday 3 June 2019 We invite ephemeral land/nature artists, installation artists, performance and sound/spoken word artists and combinations of the above to apply for Tankwa Art … Continued
For a morning of art-making at the Garden Route Botanical Garden in George, South Africa, Nico Voges and Ingrid Nuss joined me to play around with materials found at the nursery of the gardens:
Catching the Wind. Strijdom van der Merwe. Echigo Tsumari Triennale, Japan, 2018. View a video of the artwork on facebook >>
I just saw this image in the Yatooi newsletter and it was so striking that I had to share it here: View more work by Asiyeh mohamadian >>
A beautiful expression of the natural cycles of growth and decay – ‘Metamorphosis‘ by Tuğçe Aytürk. Created during GNAP (Global Nomadic Art Project) Turkey 2017. Yatooi.com >>
Using only specially designed tools and sand as materials, Andrew van der Merwe sculpts transient artworks on beaches across South Africa… I’ve had the privilege to attend one of his workshops during Stories of Rain – the South African leg … Continued
The Rhino, made out of the branches of a fallen tree, was constructed as a rubbish bin. This gesture is a comment on how we treat animals as consumer (throw away) products, in many cases resulting in extinction. Scientists have … Continued
By Leli Hoch The Global Nomadic Art Project (GNAP) 2017, initiated 2013 by Yatoo, Korea, took place in Europe after having toured South Africa in 2016, India in 2015 and Korea in 2014. Starting in July 2017 invited artists have … Continued
Many of us have seen a Zen garden before and some of us had the chance to rake the many lines. Are you one of those lucky ones? If you are, leave a comment below to tell us about your … Continued
Land artist, Strijdom van der Merwe, gives us the chance to lose ourselves in his Zen garden, Stone Garden. Stone Garden can be found at The Sanctuary in Somerset West, South Africa. To visit Strijdom van der Merwe’s website, click here. … Continued
Lili Pobornikova shows us what we can do with what nature gives us. If you watch survival programs, you would most probably have heard this before, “Work with what you have available to you”. To say the truth, you probably … Continued
Thank you, Di Smith from G2 Art Gallery in Cape Town, for sharing this with me: Playlist : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q262D… Dr James Fox takes a journey through six different landscapes across Britain, meeting artists whose work explores our relationship to the … Continued
Using a rake to draw a river and giant water drops in a dry river bed. Strijdom van der Merwe Namtib, Namibia 2016
The Garden Route fire that spread widely and caused much devastation in its wake (to nature, towns and human lives), began in the early hours of 7 June 2017. This is a date we shouldn’t soon forget. This date was … Continued
Of Natural Causes: Bicycle Petals Black & White Photography by Sally Rumball digital print of blesbuck & donkey bones on photographic paper. W:45cm x H:45cm x D:01cm (paper size, unframed) Ltd Edition of 20, signed: 14 available Available at StateoftheArt … Continued
Leaf work by Imke Rust, created by cutting into two leaves and weaving them into each other to create a simple but unique piece. I have featured work by Imke Rust before, but couldn’t resist sharing this work. In its … Continued
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Two artworks from Leonie Barton’s June 2015 works, created from what is found on the ground and left behind for others to experience. See the rest >>
Marking Time Matthew Harding 2008 Dimensions variable Natural Granite Tors with engraved tally representing 40 millennia of Aboriginal presence in the Australian landscape. Site Specific Installation, Palmer Environmental Sculpture Exhibition 2008, Palmer, SA View more >>