An alternative term for installation art; environments are mixed-media constructions or assemblages usually designed for a specific place and for a temporary period of time
Gustav Metzger
Liquid Crystal Environment
(1965, remade 2005)
Tate
The term environments was first used by artist Allan Kaprow in 1958 to describe his own large-scale artworks which transformed interior spaces.
The term installation art is used to describe large-scale, mixed-media constructions, often designed for a specific place or for a temporary period of time
The term site-specific refers to a work of art designed specifically for a particular location and that has an interrelationship with the location
