1965 - In Allan Kaprow's "Pose" Polaroid photo's of various actions were attached to the spot where the action took place, and left there. Actions could be very simple like placing a chair between rail-tracks and sitting on it for a while.
1965 - In Allan Kaprows "Calling" wrapped figures were left in public places and called on the telephone - in the woods groups of undressed people were left hanging from trees to call each other.
1967 - Dennis Oppenheim would choose a site, usually on Long Island in New York, where he was working at the time as a junior high school art teacher. He would photograph the site and document its location, assign it a number, and then manufacture an aluminium stake with a number on it corresponding to the number of the site. The physical artwork consisted of a transparent plastic cylinder containing the photograph and the documentation of the site and a fitted sack containing the stake.(Sitemarkers)
1968 - Donald Burgy undertook a series of investigations into apparently banal phenomena. For Rock Series #1 he documents a simple rock, with a meticulousness close to absurdity, and documents it's morphological, geographical and historical aspects. Burgy also includes weather charts, microscopic analysis, x-ray photographs, spectographic and petrographic analyses. - He states: "the scope of this information extends, in time, from geological times until the present moment and in space from the size of continents to the atomic scale." - http://territoiresinoccupes.free.fr/art/partie212_2.html
| 1968 - Alan Sonfist Natural Phenomena as Public Monuments | - Because of human development,the island of Manhattan has totally lost its natural contour. By creating markings throughout the streets, the natural outline could be observed again. Indian trails could also be followed with an explanation of why the trail went over certain terrain that no longer exists.
- Other projects can reveal the historical geology or terrain. Submerged outcroppings that still exist in the city can be exposed. Glacial rocks can be saved as monuments to a dramatic natural past. If an area has been filled in or a hill levelled out to build buildings, an indicator can be placed to create an awareness of the original terrain. Earth cores that indicate the deep geology of the land can be displayed on the site or within the building.
- The sun is such a remote but essential part of our life. Its continual presence can be emphasized by building monuments. Sides of buildings in prime locations can be marked with various sun shadow marks at different hours. As the angle of the sun changes during the year, buildings marked in various parts of the city can indicate the time of year.
- The migrations of birds and animals should be reported as public events: this information should be broadcast internationally. Re-occuring natural events can be marked by public observational celebrations: the longest day, the longest night, the day of equal night and day, the day of lowest tide and so on, not in primitive mythical worship but with the use of technology to predict exact time.
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1968 - Dennis Oppenheim traced the location of the time-line on the frozen lake close to Fort Kent in Maine. The line stops when it arrives at an island located in the middle of the one mile long trail. It starts again at the other side of the island and is then continued for another half-mile stretch. A diesel-powered "skidder" was used to trace the line. The "pocket of time" consists of the interruption of the time-line on the island in the middle of the trail. (Time Pocket) The date-lines and of hour-lines are completely abstract entities. But they still regulate the political relations between countries. - http://territoiresinoccupes.free.fr/art/partie212.htmlEnhanced sense of place - Poetry & theatre
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