Jim Denevan gave up his career as a chef in order to pursue his dream of creating large-scale land artworks.

While his massive works are primarily completed in California in the USA, Jim has also created works across the globe, from Australia and Uruguay to Russia and Argentina. His creations are temporary and only last as long as the tides or weather permits.

“I’ve walked as much as 30 miles in one day (just over 48 km), which means about seven or eight hours of walking,” says Jim. One of his pieces in Nevada is 10 miles in circumference (approximately 16 km), holding a Guinness World Record for the world’s largest piece of art.

Watch the video below to find out more about this fascinating artist.

View more of Jim’s work at jimdenevan.com.

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From the cutest Loch Ness soup ladle to Adidas sneakers modelled on a space suit, here are some of the team’s awesome Picks of the Week.

1. Nessie Ladle

“I cannot even begin to explain how badly I want one of these adorable (and super clever) ladles in my kitchen. I need one, like, yesterday,” says online editor Lindi Brownell Meiring.

Image credit: animicausa.com

2. Vadim Trunov’s Macro Photography

Freelance content producer Michaela Stehr can’t handle the expression on this bug’s face. “I love being able to see this creepy crawly from a different perspective,” she says.

Image credit: vadimtrunov.35photo.ru

3. Latte Motion by Maxim Stick

Editor-in-chief Sumien Brink thinks these cute coffee artworks will definitely put a smile on your face in the morning.

Image credit: Maxim Stick via designboom.com, gif by designboom.com

4. Raf Simons’ Adidas Trainers

“These shoes based on vintage space suit designs are perfect for the moonwalk,” thinks editor-at-large Malibongwe Tyilo.

Image credit: dezeen.com

5. Miha Brinovec’s Land Art

Managing editor Lise Avis loves the idea of incorporating dissolving art installations into natural environments.

Image credit: milabrinovec.wix.com

See more Picks of the Week here.

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Site_Specific created a model for using the power of land art to challenge and change people’s perceptions about their natural environment by linking art, culture, history and the environment.

The inaugural Site_Specific took place from 22-29 May in Plettenberg Bay. South Africa’s most celebrated land artist, Strijdom van der Merwe, and Swiss land art star Urs Twellman joined forces with conceptual and community artists to bring land art to all the people of Bitou Municipality. Cultural performances in nearby Kwa-Nokuthula and Kranshoek as well as New Horizon further added to the artistic atmosphere.

“Site_Specific is determined to make land art inclusive and accessible,” said Heather Greig, co-founder of Site_Specific, before the event. “We’re thrilled that top international land artists and some of South Africa’s most innovative conceptual artists have volunteered to mentor and collaborate with artists from the Bitou community to lead educational outreach programmes for local learners.”

Guided tours of unique open-air art displays took visitors on a 3km walk from Plettenberg Bay’s Central Beach to the Milkwood Trail in the Piesang River Valley. There visitors and locals alike reveled in the variety of pieces that will live on only in ther memories and the photos they took.

As part of a gift economy, rather than a market economy visitors were given the art to enjoy, with the possibility of this art effecting their daily lives, the way they view art, thier imagination and their realtionships with their surrounds.

Site_Specific fulfilled thier aims to use art to transform the land and the communities that share it.

More information: sitespecific.org.za

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