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TAYLOR KNIGHT
Art in Nature: Big Art Theory for Little People
Art in Nature MD
Art in Nature was an experience designed by Taylor Knight in collaboration with Matt Markoff and Lucy Martin. The goal of the project was to make high-level art theory and advanced creative strategies accessible to young people through an immersive outdoor adventure-based experience.
Sketchbook
making in a
Heterotopia.
Co-authoring
with non-human entities.
Relishing
self-reflexivity.
Transforming an environment.
Working in a dislocated
studio.
Making art inside their art while on the move.
Sketchbook Making Under a Bridge
Under the Bridge
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Collaborating with the Shadows of Trees
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Shadows of Trees
Yoga Hammocks
Yoga Hammocks
This particular self-reflexive loop is shown to the campers as they engage in the very act of creating. They hang comfortably in their paintings which are were made in collaboration with the trees. Their paintings, in turn, are actually hanging from the trees themselves as they rest in the very shadows of the leaves that helped them design the paintings they are sitting in. This conceptual loop facilitates an "ah-ha" moment that sparks an immediate advance in creative awareness. Because all these creations have their own hand in it they feel an ownership of the event which engenders self-confidence.
Panel Painting
Panel Painting
The panels and muslin paintings are combined to complete the construction of a floating craft which also becomes a portable art studio. So, in essence, they literally are surrounded by their art as they make art floating down the Potomac River to their Thursday night campsite.
The Flotilla
The Flotilla
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