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In the spring of 2017 Martin Roth published a selection of his works.
- Title
- In the spring of 2017 Martin Roth published a selection of his works.
- Author
- Roth, Martin, 1977-
- Publication
- London, UK : Black Dog Publishing, [2017]
- ©2017
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- Description
- 143 pages : color illustrations; 28 cm
- Summary
- Martin Roth works between the boundaries of nature and art, combining the two worlds in unique ways and questioning the gap between humans and the natural world. In recent projects he has created a soundscape for a bonsai tree using amplified sounds of caged birds, frogs, fish and crickets; grown tufts of grass on Persian rugs; and populated a gallery with parakeets living in debris from the Syrian-Turkish border. Taken as a whole, his work examines how the introduction of an organic element can redefine a surface, an object or its relation to the surrounding space. His work can be large-scale and particular to a site. The fact that it requires the nurture of living organisms makes it strangely intimate and invites the viewer if not to engage directly, at least to consider his or her relationship to the work on a human scale.
- Uniform Title
- Works. Selections.
- Alternative Title
- Works.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Catalogs
- Exhibition catalogs
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Introduction / Daniel Bozhkov -- Rumors and ruins / Kate Whitebread -- In the fall of 2010 I raised 6 ducklings in my art studio. I later released the ducklings into the wild -- In October 2011 I released a goldfish inside the fountain at the Chinese Court Garden of the Metropolitan Museum -- From May to June 2012 I grew grass on rugs in a castle -- From July to August 2012 I lived with sheep in Europe -- In March 2013 I created a natural soundscape for my bonsai -- In defense of futile causes / Arnaud Gerspacher -- In June 2013 I inserted fruit trees into a structure by Reto Steiner -- In October 2014 I rescued laboratory mice so they could play Swan Lake -- The opinions of trees / Kate Sutton -- From January to March 2015 I grew corn for a plant concert performed in a museum -- In July 2015 I shipped debris from the Syrian border to use as bird litter -- In March 2016 I went to Israel to search for wolves but only found dogs that think they are cows -- List of works -- Contributors.
- ISBN
- 1911164155
- 9781911164159
- LCCN
- ^^2017392732
- OCLC
- 992732191
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library