An attempt to melt an iceberg with a blowtorch, an indoor lake of tequila, an ascent of Mt Everest, driftwood burnt with sunlight focused through a magnifying glass and a doorbell that emits the sound of a dying star; these are some of the extraordinary artistic strategies covered in this collection. Gathering together texts published since 2002, as well as specially written new essays, In Land traces recent engagements with landscape, nature, environment and the cosmos.
| Introduction `An Unrecognisable Shape of an Indescribable Colour' |
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`In Silence and Sitting Still': Notes on Roger Ackling's Work (2017) |
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10 | (8) |
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`Touching The Earth': Notes on Richard Long's Selected Statements and Interviews (2007) |
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18 | (5) |
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Foot Steps / Full Circle: Richard Long in Africa (2011) |
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23 | (5) |
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`Solitude, Silence, Stillness and Illumination': The Early Work of Thomas Joshua Cooper (2010/2017) |
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28 | (8) |
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David Nash: Wood Primer (2010) |
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36 | (18) |
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David Nash: Notes on The Family Tree (2010) |
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54 | (13) |
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The Body in the Landscape: Land Art, Birth and Burial (2005) |
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67 | (16) |
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`Specific Places and Particular Events': Interview with Hamish Fulton (2002) |
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83 | (15) |
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Walking Art: Interview with Hamish Fulton at Yorkshire Sculpture Park (2014) |
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98 | (10) |
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Sun Signs: Notes on Nancy Holt's Photoworks (2012) |
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108 | (9) |
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117 | (2) |
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The Ploughed Field (2012) |
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119 | (4) |
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To Touch, To Wait, To Grow, To Become, To Repeat (2011) |
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123 | (6) |
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Gazing at the Void: Notes on Thomas Joshua Cooper's Polar Pictures (2009) |
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129 | (11) |
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Light and Time, Past as Present: Garry Fabian Miller and Dartmoor (2012) |
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140 | (5) |
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River and Road: On Box Hill with Richard Long (2012/2017) |
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145 | (9) |
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Atomic Tourism and False Memories: Cai Guo-Qiang's The Century with Mushroom Clouds (2012) |
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154 | (12) |
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Fire and Water: Notes on Cai Guo-Qiang's Unmanned Nature (2015) |
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166 | (5) |
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An Everyday Life: Cai Guo-Qiang in Mexico (2010) |
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171 | (11) |
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Notes on Cai Guo-Qiang's Heritage (2013) |
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182 | (12) |
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Katie Paterson: 100 Billion Suns (2011) |
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194 | (3) |
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The Secret Landscape: Anya Gallaccio and Orford Ness (2014) |
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197 | (6) |
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Maps and Mazes: New Work by Frances Kearney (2009) |
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203 | (5) |
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Katie Paterson: Sand and Stars (2014) |
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208 | (7) |
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On The Terminal Beach: Notes on Julian Charriere at Parasol Unit, London (2015/17) |
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215 | (7) |
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Ben Tufnell is an art curator and writer. Previously a curator at Tate, London, and Director of Exhibitions at Haunch of Venison, he is currently Director of Parafin, an independent gallery in London. In 2013-14 Tufnell co-curated the Arts Council Collection touring exhibition Uncommon Ground: Land Art in Britain 1967-79, which travelled to four UK museums. As an independent curator, Tufnell has collaborated with a large number of international museums including Tate Britain, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, the South African National Gallery, Cape Town, and MUAC, Mexico City. He lives in London, UK.
