Arts and Music Section 4

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What was the purpose of the Documerica project created by the Environmental Protection Agency in the 1970s?

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To document American pollution, infrastructure, and wilderness

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Who spent three years in Minamata, Japan, to photograph the effects of mercury poisoning?

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W. Eugene Smith

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What is the concept of "toxic sublime" in photography?

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Making pollution appear beautiful and pleasurable

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What was the main focus of Agnes Denes's work "Wheatfield—A Confrontation"?

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Planting and growing two acres of wheat in Lower Manhattan

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What was the symbolic expression of the rice in Agnes Denes's "Rice/Tree/Burial"?

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A gesture and actual means to sustain life

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What was the main idea behind Agnes Denes's "Wheatfield" project?

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To highlight the contrast between urban and rural environments

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What did Agnes Denes plant on the polluted land near the World Trade Center?

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Wheat

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What is the name of the project where Agnes Denes proposed planting 11,000 trees?

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Tree Mountain

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What was the purpose of the "Tree Mountain" project?

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To serve as a living time capsule

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What was Noah Purifoy's role in the Watts Towers Arts Center?

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He co-founded it.