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Considering the contemporary condition that they describe as the Culture of Extraction,
the Harrisons present four of their projects: the Serpentine Lattice, the Endangered
Meadows of Europe, Green Heart of Holland, and Greenhouse Britain.
Among the leading pioneers of the eco-art movement, the collaborative team of Newton
and Helen Mayer Harrison have worked for almost forty years with biologists, ecologists
and urban planners to initiate collaborative dialogues to uncover ideas and solutions which
support biodiversity and community development. The Harrison's concept of art embraces
a breathtaking range of disciplines. They are historians, diplomats, ecologists, investigators,
emissaries and art activists. Their work involves proposing solutions and involves not only public
discussion, but extensive mapping and documentation of these proposals in an art context.
Past projects have focused on watershed restoration, urban renewal, agriculture and forestry
issues among others. The Harrisons visionary projects have often led to changes in governmental
policy and have expanded dialogue around previously unexplored issues leading to practical
implementations throughout the United States and Europe.
"Our work begins when we perceive an anomaly in the environment that is the result of opposing
beliefs or contradictory metaphors. Moments when reality no longer appears seamless and the
cost of belief has become outrageous offer the opportunity to create new spaces - first in the mind
and thereafter in everyday life."
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