Installation art

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A genre of art which incorporates any media, including the physical features of the site, to create a conceptual experience in a particular environment. uncountable

    "Chasca's ring is unique. It appears to be, for lack of a better term, a massive piece of alien "installation art." The rings are made of small pieces of synthetic material, and are almost invisible from space. From the ground, they catch and scatter the light of Matano in picturesque ways. It is not known who created the ring or when."

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environmental artimmersive installationinstallation practiceinstallationssite specific installationthree dimensional art

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"Chasca's ring is unique. It appears to be, for lack of a better term, a massive piece of alien "installation art." The rings are made of small pieces of synthetic material, and are almost invisible from space. From the ground, they catch and scatter the light of Matano in picturesque ways. It is not known who created the ring or when."

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