Subject: AGRART, the interface of art and agriculture

From: [email-masked] (Raymond Rohner)
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1993 00:56:57 GMT

AGRART is a research concept based on the combination of Agriculture and
Art. Ever since the early history of human civilisation, Art and
Agriculture have been associated with each other. Their mutual relationship
is very wide-ranging. At one extreme it is, for example, concerned with
ritual performances during harvest celebrations and at the other extreme we
find van Gogh's paintings of rural scenes. An increasing number of
contemporary artists take the land and/or the growth of plants as their
subject-matter. These would include: David Nash, Sjoerd Buisman, Wolfgang
Laib, Richard Long, Hamish Fulton and Andy Goldsworthy.

AGRART covers various issues, for example:

*       artistic creativity as a means for planing, implementing and   
monitoring of agricultural development projects.
*       media agricultural stereotypes influencing public opinion.
*       parallels between Art Philosophy and Agricultural Science.

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One current case study of AGRART is dealing with pigs. In order to create a
comprehensive catalogue of the cultural and psychological aspects of pigs I
am looking for appropriate literature and information on this subject.
Please address correspondence to:
[email-masked]

Raymond Rohner
Tasmanian School of Art
Hobart