Land art, comes in many forms. I find crop circles very interesting. The conflict between the unknown, but also the protests. For example, Green Peace use crop circles to get their messages across. Crop circles are intricate works, that are precise and very accurate, sometimes in a symmetrical design, and sometimes as an image format.
Although earth art as only recently took off, as a 'movement', there are many historical landmarks that could be considered to be land art. Stonehenge might be considered as one of them. It's still uncertain what Stonehenge's purpose was, as now it's whethered down. It has been linked with telling time according to sunlight.
Living near Westbury White Horse means I've seen how man made landscapes can be viewed from a distance. It's partly there as a landmark, a symbol of Westbury. For me the link is there, with the countryside. Horses generally live in rural areas, like in Wiltshire, hense the link.
In this lecture, there was quite a few links with the place I live and grow up, so it made it more interesting and personal, in my case. This could be again, because I live in a rural area, where there is a lot of open land to create large earth works, as aposed to a city, where ther isn't.
Although I live near these important and interesting landmarks, there are many that I would still like to witness. Micheal Heizer's work is completley different. A lot of it has a contemporary feel, and out of the ordinary. It seems that he's worked both in the environment, and in gallery. Quite a contrast as usually they would be observed as being so different. Pulling that off, shows talent.
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