Campo de
trigo - Una confrontación
Campo de
trigo - Una confrontación: Battery Park relleno sanitario , en el centro de
Manhattan.
© Todas las fotografías por Agnes Denes
Dos hectáreas de trigo sembradas y cosechadas por el artista
, relativa al vertido de Battery Park , Manhattan , Verano 1982 .
Después de meses de preparativos, en mayo de 1982 un campo
de trigo de 2 hectáreas fue plantado en un vertedero en el bajo Manhattan , a
dos cuadras de Wall Street y el World Trade Center , frente a la Estatua de la
Libertad. Doscientos camiones cargados de suciedad se trajeron y 285 surcos fueron
excavados a mano. Las semillas fueron sembradas a mano, los surcos se cubrieron con tierra y el campo se mantuvo
durante cuatro meses , libres de tizón , desmalezado , fertilizado y se
pulveriza contra los hongos de moho , y un sistema de riego establecido . la
cosecha se recogió el 16 de agosto y produjo más de 1.000 libras de sano, trigo
dorado .
La siembra y la cosecha de un campo de trigo en la tierra
digno de $ 4.5 mil millones crearon una poderosa paradoja. Campo de trigo no sólo era
un símbolo, un concepto universal , sino que representa la alimentación, la
energía, el comercio, el comercio mundial y la economía. Se refirió a la mala
gestión , los residuos, el hambre y las preocupaciones ecológicas .
Se llamó la atención sobre nuestras prioridades fuera de
lugar . El grano cosechado viajó a veintiocho ciudades de todo el mundo en una
exposición llamada " El Show de Arte Internacional para el Fin del hambre
en el mundo ", organizada por el Museo de Arte de Minnesota (
1987-1990 ) .
Las semillas fueron llevadas por las personas que los plantaron a muchos lugares en el mundo.
English versión
Two acres of wheat planted and harvested by the artist on
the Battery Park landfill, Manhattan, Summer 1982.
After months of preparations, in May 1982, a 2-acre wheat field was planted on a landfill in lower Manhattan, two blocks from Wall Street and the World Trade Center, facing the Statue of Liberty. Two hundred truckload of dirt were brought in and 285 furrows were dug by hand and cleared of rocks and garbage. The seeds were sown by hand adn the furrows covered with soil. the field was maintained for four months, cleared of wheat smut, weeded, fertilized and sprayed against mildew fungus, and an irrigation system set up. the crop was harvested on August 16 and yielded over 1000 pounds of healthy, golden wheat.
Planting and harvesting a field of wheat on land worth $4.5 billion created a powerful paradox. Wheatfield was a symbol, a universal concept; it represented food, energy, commerce, world trade, and economics. It referred to mismanagement, waste, world hunger and ecological concerns. It called attention to our misplaced priorities. The harvested grain traveled to twenty-eight cities around the world in an exhibition called "The International Art Show for the End of World Hunger", organized by the Minnesota Museum of Art (1987-90). The seeds were carried away by people who planted them in many parts of the globe.
After months of preparations, in May 1982, a 2-acre wheat field was planted on a landfill in lower Manhattan, two blocks from Wall Street and the World Trade Center, facing the Statue of Liberty. Two hundred truckload of dirt were brought in and 285 furrows were dug by hand and cleared of rocks and garbage. The seeds were sown by hand adn the furrows covered with soil. the field was maintained for four months, cleared of wheat smut, weeded, fertilized and sprayed against mildew fungus, and an irrigation system set up. the crop was harvested on August 16 and yielded over 1000 pounds of healthy, golden wheat.
Planting and harvesting a field of wheat on land worth $4.5 billion created a powerful paradox. Wheatfield was a symbol, a universal concept; it represented food, energy, commerce, world trade, and economics. It referred to mismanagement, waste, world hunger and ecological concerns. It called attention to our misplaced priorities. The harvested grain traveled to twenty-eight cities around the world in an exhibition called "The International Art Show for the End of World Hunger", organized by the Minnesota Museum of Art (1987-90). The seeds were carried away by people who planted them in many parts of the globe.





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