Land Art & Site-specific Art

At Ponte d'Arte, we love site-specific art. Also known as In-situ, is created to exist in a certain place. Typically, the artist takes the location into account while planning and creating the artwork. Site-specific art can include sculpture, stencil graffiti, rock balancing, and other art forms. Installations can be in urban areas, remote natural settings, or underwater.

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Student Encouragement

@pontedarte posted to Instagram: Prof Kris van 't Hof @krisvanthof from @insitu3_royalacademyantwerp encouraging students to get their hands (and feet!) wet in the Rio Alva at @ponte.darte.portugal #artistresidency #artresidency #artresidencyprogram #retreat #retreatcenter #wandering #exploring #travelers #pontedamucela #travelbuddy #portugalalive #loves_portugal #amar_portugal #portugalframes #portugalemfotos #portugal_lovers #portugallovers #igersportugal #unlimitedportugal #super_portugal

an empty room with paint and brushes on the floor

Red Algae

Bio Art

Sustainable Art

Artistic Installation

Green Room

Green Rooms

Water Stains

@pontedarte posted to Instagram: “On the walls of the green room, on water stains left by rust, I re-created the algae patterns you see in the river. I transferred the presence of the river outside into the house. It even smelled like the river in that room." Erin Redmond @_erin_red_ #algae #installationartist #installationart #artresearch #natureart #naturelovers #bioart #belasartes #irishartist #artistresidency #sustainableart #sustainability #sustainableliving #sustainabledesign #environmen

bottles and bowls are sitting on the back of a boat with water in front of it

Environment Drawing

@pontedarte posted to Instagram: “There was so much algae in the river that it looked green - a sign of a really clean river, because the algae is sensitive and prefers really clean unpolluted water.” Erin Redmond @_erin_red_ #algae #installationartist #installationart #artresearch #natureart #naturelovers #bioart #belasartes #irishartist #artistresidency #sustainableart #sustainability #sustainableliving #sustainabledesign #ecofriendly #environment #drawing_feature #drawdrawdraw #sitespecifica

How To Make Drawing

@pontedarte posted to Instagram: "I went to the river every day to collect algae. I started to make drawings with it on paper.“ Erin Redmond @erin_red_ #algae #installationartist #installationart #artresearch #natureart #naturelovers #bioart #belasartes #irishartist #artistresidency #sustainableart #sustainability #sustainableliving #sustainabledesign #ecofriendly #environment #drawing_feature #drawdrawdraw #instagood #instacool #instafollow #picofheday #follow_4_follow #like4comment #like4sha

@pontedarte posted to Instagram: ‘Ravaged by time’. “For the past three years I have uneasily witnessed the synchronic relationship between corrosion, temporality and space at this derelict hotel. In 2000, a new, faster route bypassed our village, leading to its gradual abandonment. In architecture, steps like passages enable the body’s forward mobility, and contains expectation of rhythmic ascension and gradual progression within a time-frame. Conversely the successive regression of this spac

an old building with a broken door and some rocks on the ground next to it

Relativity Theory

Painting Objects

Mathematical Equations

@pontedarte posted to Instagram: ‘Everyday Polynomial (Celia meets Albert and René)’. “For physicists following Albert Einstein’s relativity theory, time and space form co-equal parts of the larger concept "space-time". In his famous mathematical equation, velocity or speed is proven to be dependent on the gravity of an object in motion divided by the time it has travelled. His contemporary, René Magritte, the Belgian surrealist painter, was particularly interested in painting objects (such a

an apple laptop sitting on the side of a road in front of grass and weeds

Art Installation

Process Art

Environmental Art

Landscape Architecture

Visual Artist

@pontedarte posted to Instagram: Obsolete? Memory? A site-specific art installation sketch by Panos Profitis. #renascer #artists #artistresidency #artresidency #artlife #artlove #contemporaryartspace #artistic #artisticresearch #artiststudio #artprocess #artmaking #arts #artecontemporanea #artsite #zeitgenössischekunst #contemporaryart #visualart #visualartist #sitespecificart #site #landart #ecoart #environmentalart #insituart #artinsitu #insitu #sitespecific #landscapearchitecture #artcontemp

a pile of metal tiles sitting next to each other

@pontedarte posted to Instagram: Wandering through the debris in shock, Kris immediately started composing a work influenced by the painterly qualities and colours on the surfaces of the burnt locker doors. #sitespecificart #landart #ecoart #environmentalart #insituart #artinsitu #insitu #sitespecific #renascer #remember #forestfire #wildfire #aftermath #portugalfires #incêndiosportugal #incendios #lostplaces #rurex #beautyindecay #renovations #burnt #pontedamucela #resilience #resiliencia #resi

an old bathroom is being renovated and remodeled

Planning Future

Future Plans

@pontedarte posted to Instagram: Despite the horror of their lost possessions, Celia and Kris both spontaneously started planning future artworks. Kris immediately started composing a work influenced by the painterly qualities and colours on the surfaces of the burnt locker doors. #renascer #remember #forestfire #wildfire #aftermath #portugalfires #incêndiosportugal #firefighter #fire #bombeiros #tristeza #portugal #incendios #lostplaces #rurex #beautyindecay #renovations #burnt #pontedamucela

four different images of water and plants in the same photo, each with their own reflection

curated contemporary art /// rebecca louise law

The Jealous Curator /// curated contemporary art /// rebecca louise law

Related searches

@pontedarte posted to Instagram: Site-specific art students go for a walk in the burnt boreal forest, in Ponte da Mucela, September 2018. The eucalyptus trees have been the first to reclaim the land. @zenavandenblok

a pile of nails and screws laying on top of each other next to some rocks

Creating Patterns

Leave Behind

@pontedarte posted to Instagram: Creating patterns, ordering what the fire left behind... Kris collected these hand made nails. #sitespecificart #landart #ecoart #environmentalart #insituart #artinsitu #insitu #sitespecific #renascer #remember #forestfire #wildfire #aftermath #portugalfires #incêndiosportugal #incendios #lostplaces #rurex #beautyindecay #renovations #burnt #pontedamucela #resilience #resiliencia #resilienciahumana #artprocess #creativeprocess #transformação #ig_captures_decay

an old sink sitting on top of a pile of rubble

Larger Than Life

@pontedarte posted to Instagram: “The distorted burnt debris and the ensuing rain had yielded astonishing marks, hues, tints and textures. We responded with simultaneous shock and excitement - the ‘delightful horror’ of larger than life sublime moments.” Celia de Villiers @celiadevilliers #sitespecificart #landart #ecoart #environmentalart #insituart #artinsitu #insitu #sitespecific #renascer #remember #forestfire #wildfire #aftermath #portugalfires #incêndiosportugal #incendios #lostplaces #ru

a piece of wood sitting on top of some rocks and glass debris in front of it

Fire Glass

@pontedarte posted to Instagram: Molten shards, evidence of the intensity of the fire. Glass becomes malleable at 750℃. #sitespecificart #landart #ecoart #environmentalart #insituart #artinsitu #insitu #sitespecific #renascer #remember #forestfire #wildfire #aftermath #portugalfires #incêndiosportugal #incendios #lostplaces #rurex #beautyindecay #artistslife #burnt #pontedamucela #resilience #resiliencia #glassart #resilienciahumana #artprocess #creativeprocess #transformação #ig_captures_decay

an orange circle in the middle of a lake surrounded by trees and grass with water behind it

@pontedarte posted to Instagram: Emma Louise Johnson, site-specific art installation, wine barrel rings, 2018 ‘Aftermath’ workshop. #sitespecificart #landart #ecoart #environmentalart #insituart #artinsitu #insitu #sitespecific #renascer #remember #forestfire #wildfire #aftermath #portugalfires #incêndiosportugal #incendios #lostplaces #rurex #beautyindecay #renovations #burnt #pontedamucela #resilience #resiliencia #resilienciahumana #artprocess #creativeprocess #transformação #landscapelovers