Practice question · True or false
A work in a gallery room can be site-specific.
Hints
- Ask what the test for site-specificity actually is.
- Whether moving it changes or destroys what it is.
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True
Why
True. The test is whether moving the work changes or destroys what it is, not whether it is outdoors or large. A piece made for a particular room — its dimensions, its light, its history — is site-specific, and a monumental work in a park may be entirely portable.
Practise Site: Form in Natural and Urban Space
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More questions on Site: Form in Natural and Urban Space
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- Sort each demand by whether it belongs to a LANDSCAPE site or an URBAN one.
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- Complete the account of site.
- Match each concept to what it names.
- Arrange the events of the Tilted Arc dispute in order.
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