The psycho-historical theory of art posits that the functions of an artwork are effects of that artwork selected and reproduced because they fulfill humans’ mental and social needs. To develop this account, I hypothesize a cluster of core functions of environmental art, which encompasses effects such as tracking, broadcasting, emotions manipulation, cooperation, and critical reflection.

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Special Section of Leonardo Transactions: Balance-Unbalance
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Examples of Environmental Artworks and Psycho-Historical Functions

In Table 1 of Supplemental File 1, I identify a series of works that support the description of the functions of environmental arts introduced in the article. These works use a variety of media to address the topic of environmental crises. (© Nicolas J. Bullot)

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Four Background Soundscapes

Four recorded soundscapes exemplify the status of recorded data as traces, a status that enables psycho-historical effects such as the tracking and reflective functions of environmental artworks. (© Nicolas J. Bullot)

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Explaining Four Background Soundscapes

This supplemental file is a text that analyses how the sound recordings comprised in Four Background Soundscapes (Supplemental File 2) exemplify the status of recorded media as traces, and how such status enables broadcast and reflective psycho-historical functions discussed in the article. (© Nicolas J. Bullot)

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