http://www.agnesdenesstudio.com/works7.html
https://www.mayalinstudio.com/memory-works/ghost-forest-msp
https://www.kanopy.com/en/lapl/video/196818
After engaging with all of the following:
- Agnes Denes’s Wheatfield — A Confrontation
- Maya Lin’s What is Missing? project
- The documentary Waste Land (dir. Lucy Walker)
Write a two-part response (500–600 words total):
Part 1: Comparative Analysis (350–400 words)
Respond to the following questions using all three works:
- How does each artist confront ecological degradation or loss in their work?
- What creative strategies—materials, scale, symbolism, storytelling—do they use?
- How does each work connect art to action—in terms of policy, emotion, or awareness?
- Which work impacted you the most, and why?
Use at least one direct reference or detail from each of the three works to support your analysis.
Part 2: Creative Proposal (150–200 words)
Inspired by the works you've studied, imagine your own small-scale eco-activist artwork or public intervention. Your project may be real, speculative, or conceptual. Include:
- Title of your project
- What it would look like or involve
- What environmental issue it engages
- What kind of response you hope to provoke
Your intervention doesn’t have to offer a solution—it should provoke reflection or start a conversation.
Submission Guidelines:
- Write in paragraph form. This is a journal, not a list.
- You may write in a personal or reflective tone, but support your insights with specific examples from the artworks and readings.