Maya Lin: Disappearing Bodies of Water | "Exclusive" | Art21

Episode #184: Filmed in late 2012, Maya Lin discusses her marble sculpture series, "Disappearing Bodies of Water," shown in progress at her Manhattan studio. Lin's collective process of researching, drawing, model making, and mechanized fabrication led to these forms that highlight the erosion of Lake Chad, the Aral Sea, and the Arctic Ice Shelf. As a young woman growing up in Athens, Ohio, Lin staged protests against environmental crimes and cruelties. She continues to be an activist today, using her art to encourage closer examination of the natural world.

Trained as an artist and architect, Maya Lin catapulted into the public eye when her design for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C.—often described as a "wound" in the earth—was selected from a national competition. Her subsequent monuments, parks, architectural projects, and sculptures are linked by her ongoing desire to make a place for individuals within the landscape.

Learn more about the artist at:
http://www.art21.org/artists/maya-lin

CREDITS: Producer: Ian Forster. Interview: Ian Forster. Camera: Rafael Salazar Moreno & Ava Wiland. Sound: Ava Wiland. Editor: Morgan Riles. Additional Graphics Courtesy: National Snow and Ice Data Center, University of Colorado, Boulder. Artwork Courtesy: Maya Lin.

[瑪雅˙林: 消失中的海域]

我原本是想成為野外動物學家的

但是我走進了藝術與建築的岔路

我是在60年代長大的--60年代的小孩--

所以不論是在請願抵制日本的捕鯨業，

或是在請願禁止使用狩獵陷阱，

我都經常出現在俄亥俄州雅典市裡的停車場，

算是當個行動主義者吧。

這個主題的出發點是想探討我們人類

到底對這個星球做了多大的傷害，

這對我而言非常重要，而且我愛大自然

我愛我們身處的這個世界。

"紅海" (2006)

我在上一場展覽展出了這些作品--

像是裏海，紅海，以及黑海。

所以這一次我打算雕刻出

這些消失中的海域的石雕。

這是現在我們看到的北極冰架

然後這是1980年當時的冰架

這是查德湖，再一次的，

這是現今所剩的查德湖，

在這裡我們開始繪圖

把圖匯入電腦，

然後製作石雕。