Stanley Park Environmental Art
Documentation
Documenting the Stanley Park Environmental Art Project is an important aspect of the overall project as the artworks change over time. Documenting artist, ecologist and public response to the works is also critical to capturing the effect the works have on those who participate and engage with Stanley Park and the new artworks that have become part of its ecosystem.
As the Project celebrated its two year anniversary in the summer of 2011, the formal documentation process is now complete. Photographs and ecological assessments of the works taken over a two year period are available here.
Below are essays written by scholars and artists, along with print and video interviews with the Stanley Park Environmental Art Project artists, each offering unique insights into the project and the process of creating artworks meant to reside in a natural environment.
Video Documentation 
Five short videos on the Stanley Park Environmental Art Project were produced providing an overview of the project and more in-depth interviews with the individual artists. There is also a short video providing information on The Ivy Project. Directed by Andrew Nguyen of Lemongrass Media.
Art, Place and the Meaning of Home 
(3.24Mb) by Beth Carruthers
Beth Carruthers is an academic, writer, artist and teacher. As an independent curator and consultant in Arts & Sustainability she writes, publishes and lectures internationally, developing arts-based programmes with a focus on ethics and the role of the aesthetic in engendering environmental values. She is the author of a 2006 report on arts and sustainability for the Canadian Commission for UNESCO, and in the summer of 2009, co-created and curated an arts and sustainability event and exhibition for Dubai – A Green Vision. Recently returned from a lecture tour in England, she is currently pursuing research in contemporary Social Sculpture. Beth holds an MA in Environmental Philosophy, and a BFA in studio practice.
(Un)divided (2.2Mb) by Kamala Todd
Kamala Todd is a Metis-Cree/German writer, filmmaker, community planner, and homeschooling mother of two young boys. She has a Masters degree in urban Geography (UBC) and is creator/director of the Aboriginal multimedia arts project Storyscapes. She worked for several years as the Aboriginal Social Planner with the City of Vancouver. She is creator/director of Indigenous City, a dynamic project seeking to affirm the important place of Aboriginal people in the city. Her film, Indigenous Plant Diva, has recently screened at festivals in Europe and North America. Her most recent film, Cedar and Bamboo, which she co-directed with Diana Leung, had its premiere screening at Doxa Documentary Film Festival in May 2010.
Interviews
Interviews with the Stanley Park Environmental Art Project artists by John K. Grande. Based in Montreal, John is internationally recognized for his extensive writings on the broad and inclusive subject of environmentally-based art. His essays, reviews, and interviews have been published in international art journals and in several books. In the first essay of his book, Balance: Art and Nature, John writes: "The main premise of environmentally-based art is a profound respect for our ecosystem. Art can be a form of 'experiential nutrition' for its audiences, and encourage us all to appreciate life more fully." (from Balance: Art and Nature, p.18).
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