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Consideration of site, placement and scale often lead to interesting and unique art projects and installations.

'Site-specific' art can be simply an art installation in a location or site that is relevant in some way to the installation itself.

“OCEANOMANIA: Souvenirs of Mysterious Seas, from the expedition to the aquarium” - Mark Dion

'[The artworks] show different aspects relating to our understanding of the sea and the ocean. They focus on the ocean not only as a site for exploration and discovery but also as a site where there is often unregulated and invisible human labor and exchange and where the marvelous aquatic life and mineral resources are often neglectfully exploited.'

In any other location, this installation would produce a more 'novel' response, but by presenting the collection in an aquarium, the artist provokes a deeper and more direct response to the material in the context of sea exploration and presentation – what an aquarium is all about.

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When considering site, placement and scale in an artwork, the artist must think about the artwork in relation to the site – how large is the site vs. how large is the artwork (scale), which specific area of the site will best present, compliment, juxtapose or frame the artwork (placement), as well as the traits of the site as a whole; the use, or disuse of the site, physical attributes and size of the site as well as the multi-contextual meanings and interpretations of the site.

(Site reference - http://www.moussemagazine.it/blog/?p=12563)