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site-specific artwork

UK/ˌsaɪt spəˈsɪfɪk ˈɑːtwɜːk/US/ˌsaɪt spəˈsɪfɪk ˈɑrtˌwɜrk/SITE·spe·CIF·fic ART·work

Band 7+task2speaking

an artwork created for and tied to a particular location

Examples

The plaza commission resulted in a site-specific artwork that responded to local history.

Site-specific artworks often lose meaning when removed from their original context.

Commissioning a site-specific artwork can revitalise an urban space.

Band 8 sentence

The commission resulted in a site-specific artwork whose materials and form directly referenced the river that runs through the town.

Collocations

  • commission a site-specific artwork
  • site-specific installation

Word family

site-specific adjectivesite-specificity noun

Common mistakes

site specific artworksite-specific artwork

artwork for sitesite-specific artwork

Say it for a higher band

5public art6installation art7+site-specific artwork

Synonyms

installation art

Easily confused

installation art

The museum's installation art included immersive video projections and sculptural elements.

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