The watchword for EcoArt practitioners is: “Art has a job to do.” EcoArt features site-specific interventions aimed at political, social, ecological and geographical realities and contexts that have resulted in environmental degradation; and brings the causes of environmental degradation (and approaches to addressing them) greater visibility. The goal is public commitment to effective and responsible environmental stewardship.
EcoArt is a subcategory of Environmental Art. Map: Sam Bower, greenmuseum.org
Although objects (ephemeral or permanent) may be produced in the course of an EcoArt project, EcoArt is not about producing objects for display in museums or commercial galleries, or in outside venues. However, descriptive documentation of EcoArt projects, and interactive installations that reference particular EcoArt interventions are integral elements of any EcoArt project.
EcoArtists engage any artistic practice or technique in order to accomplish a project’s goal. Collaboration between EcoArtists and key stakeholders in environmental amelioration, including engineers, scientists and–especially, and often–entire communities, has become another important characteristic of this work that differentiates it from other forms of environmentally engaged art practice.
