/ Land Art of the American West
In 2019, Franek Wardyński travelled from London
to Texas to take part in a transdisciplinary field program called Land Arts of
The American West. Three months on the road, 6,128-miles overland from art
foundations in Marfa to military bases in Utah, from hot mesas in Nevada to
deserts overlooking the border to Mexico, thinking about ‘the intersection of
human construction and the evolving nature of our planet’. Throughout the
journey, Wardyński collected photography, still and moving image, sound,
writings and materials.
A broader collection of work was created,
exploring the relationship between elements found, people encountered, and
landscapes investigated, carrying parallel perspectives of a complex whole. To
break from the singular research approach, the work presents layers, journal
entries, video essays, short films, interviews, short stories, portraits and
reflections on the intersection of human construction and the evolving nature
of our planet, critically explore the world it creates.