Publications


1974
Burnham, Jack. Great Western Salt Works: Essays on the meaning of post-Formalist art. George Braziller, NY 1974. pp. 163-166. Book chapter.

1981
Lindner, Vicky “Performance.” Omni magazine, October 1981. pp. 38,188. Magazine article.


1985
Ratcliff, Carter “A Compendium of Possibilities.” pp. 11-16. Lagoon Cycle. Ithica, NY; Cornell University Office of Publications, 1985. Catalog article.


Harrison, Helen Mayer and Newton. "Book of the Lagoons." Handmade, Limited Edition, Self-published 1984. High resolution PDFs  downloadable here.


Decertau, Michel “Pay Attention: To Make Art.” Lagoon Cycle. Ithica, NY; Cornell University Office of Publications, 1985. pp. 17-23. Catalog article.


McGreevy, Linda. “Improving the Future: The Eco-Aesthetics of Newton and Helen Harrison” in Arts Magazine, November 1987. pp. 69-72. Magazine article.


1988
Perine, Robert. Andrea, I. eds. San Diego Artists. Encenitas CA; Artras Publishing 1988. pp. 104-107. Interview.

Raven, Arlene. Crossing Over: Feminism and the Art of Social Concern. Ann Arbor, Michigan; 1988. pp. 139-144. Book Citation.

1990
Solnit, Rebecca. “Helen Mayer Harrison/ Newton Harrison: Metaphor and Habitat.” Artspace magazine, July/August 1990. pp. 49-53. Magazine article.



Harrison, Helen Mayer and Newton. “Helen Mayer Harrison & Newton Harrison” in Revered Earth. Center for Contemporary Arts of Santa Fe 1990. pp. 44-45. Catalog


Zabel, Igor. “Helen Mayer Harrison/ Newton Harrison.” M’ars, Letnik 11, Stevilka 3, Jesen 1990. pp. 40-48. Journal article.


Harrison, Helen Mayer and Newton. Atempause für den Save-Flüss. Bonn, Kunst und Austellungshalle 1990. pp. 1-32. Catalog

1992
Adcock, Craig. “Conversational Drift: Helen Mayer Harrison/ Newton Harrison.” Art Journal, Volume 57, No. 2. pp. 35-45, 81. Journal Article.

1993
Murray, Tim. “Allegorizing ‘Content’: Metaphysical contradictions in the Harrisons’ Lagoon Cycle.” in Like a Film: Ideological Fantasy on Screen, Camera and Canvas. London, Routledge 1993. pp. 207-234.

Fillen-yeh, Susan. “The Serpentine Lattice: Where you said a Lattice and I said a Serpentine and you said Network the Watersheds and I said a Game of Go.” in The Serpentine Lattice. Portland, OR, Reed College Office of News and Publications 1993. pp. 16-23. Catalog Article. Click here for 7 min video and reading by the artists.


Harrison, Helen Mayer and Newton. “Shifting Positions Toward the Earth: Art and Environmental Awareness” in Leonardo, Vol. 26, No. 5 1993. pp.371-377. Artist’s Voice.


1994
Raskin, David. “Jetties and Lagoons” in Tracing Culture. New York, D.A.P. 1994. pp. 139-156. Book Chapter.

Heartney, Eleanor. “Ecopolitics/Ecopoetry: Helen and Newton Harrison’s Environmental Talking Cure” in But is it Art? Nina Felshin, ed. Seattle, Bay Press 1994. pp. 141-164. Book Chapter.

1995
de Regt, Adriaan. “The Reason For Art” in Green Heart Vision. 1995. pp.27-28. Catalog Article.

Wesemael, Martin. “In the Studio” in Green Heart Vision. 1995. pp 29-30

Harrison, Helen Mayer and Newton. Green Heart Vision


Harrison, Helen Mayer and Newton. A Brown Coal Park for Sudram Leipzig. 1995, in Aufriss: Künstlerische Positionen zur Industrielandschaft in der Mitte Europas. pp. 185-203. Catalog

1996
Harrison, Helen Mayer and Newton. “On the Endangered Meadows of Europe, 1996” in Kongressdokumentation. (need citation)

Harrison, Helen Mayer and Newton. “Le Cycle du Lagoon.” in Manifeste Pour l’Environnement au XXIe Siècle, B. Laville et J. Leenhardt. Actes Sud, 1996. pp. 177-205. Artist’s Voice.

Harrison, Helen Mayer and Newton. Future Garden. Bonn, Kunst und Austellungshalle 1996. pp. 2-9, 18-19, 38-39. Catalog

1997
Bijvoet, Marga. “Helen Mayer Harrison and Newton Harrison: the Ecological Argument” in  Art as Inquiry: Toward New Collaborations Between Art, Science and Technology. New York, Peter Lang Publishing 1997. pp. 136-148. Book Chapter.

Kurt, Hildegaard. “Nachhaltigkeit- eine Herausforderung an die Kunst?” in kulturpolitische mitteilungen 97. pp. 48,49. Magazine Article.


1998
Harrison, Helen Mayer and Newton. Casting a Green Net: Can It Be We are Seeing a Dragon? Catalog for Artranspennine98, 1998. Copyright 1999 Helen Mayer Harrison and Newton Harrison. Catalog


2001
Green, Charles. “Memory and Ethics: Helen Mayer Harrison and Newton Harrison” in The Third Hand: Collaboration in Art from Conceptualism to Postmodernism. Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press 2001. pp. 97-121. Book Chapter.

Harrison, Helen Mayer and Newton. “Knotted Ropes, Rings, Lattices and Lace: Retrofitting Biodiversity into the Cultural Landscape” in Biodiversity: A Challenge for Development, Research and Policy, Wilhelm Barthlott, conv. Berlin, Springer-Verlag 2001. pp. 13-31. Artist’s Voice.

Thackera, Davina. “Nurturing Nature” in New Frontiers Vol. 1, No. 5, April 2001. pp.16-25. Journal Article.

2002
Cuadra, Manuel. “Coevolution” in RheinMainRegionale: Der Ballungsraum Frankfurt auf dem Weg zum Kulturraum,. Hamburg, Junius Verlag 2002. pp. 32-43. Book Chapter.

Sarnoff, Irving and Suzanne. Intimate Creativity: Partners in Love and Art. Madison, Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin Press 2002. pp. 62, 101-102, 151-152, 203-204. Book Reference.

2003
Harrison, Helen Mayer and Newton. “Shifting Positions Toward the Earth: Art and Environmental Awareness” in Women, Art & Technology, Judy Malloy, ed. Cambridge, MA, MIT Press 2003. pp. 160-179. Artist’s Voice.

Gottwald, Franz-Theo &  Christa Thomas “Halbinsel Europa” in Faszination Austellung: Praxisbuch für Umweltthemen, Braun/ Peters/ Pyhel, eds. Leipzig, Seyde und Partner 2003. pp. 239-252.

Witzgall, Susanne. Kunst nach der Wissenschaft. Nürnberg, Verlag für moderne Kunst 2003. pp. 63,64. Book Chapter.

Heartney, Eleanor “Mapping a Better World” in Art in America, October 2003. pp. 114-119.


Goddard, Donald. “Newton Harrison, Helen Mayer Harrison: Peninsula Europe.” in newyorkartworld.com/reviews/Harrison.html. 2003. Article.


2006
Harrison, Helen Mayer and Newton “Tibet is the High Ground” in The Missing Peace: Artists and the Dalai Lama. San Rafael, CA, Earth Aware Editions 2006. pp. 26,27. Catalog.

2007
Harrison, Helen Mayer and Newton. Greenhouse Britain. Exhibition Proposal 2007.

Allen, Jane Ingram. “How Big is Here: A Conversation with Helen Mayer Harrison and Newton Harrison” in Sculpture magazine, December 2007. pp. 48-53. Magazine Article.


Harrison, Helen Mayer and Newton, "Greenhouse Britain Texts 2007." Exhibition Texts


2008
Harrison, Helen Mayer and Newton. “The Domain of the Path” in Villagio Dell’Arte. Claudio Calabritto, Monica Carmen, Rosita Izzo, Orlando Lanza, eds. Petruzzi Stampa, 2008. pp. 84-89. Catalog.

Allen, Jane Ingram. “A Marriage Made on Earth: Helen Mayer Harrison and Newton Harrison” in Public Art Review, issue 38, Spring/Summer 2008. pp. 28-30. Magazine Article.

Hughes, Jon. “What if life imitated art?” in Ecologist, Dec/Jan 2008. pp. 32-37. Magazine Article.


Harrison, Helen Mayer and Newton, "Peninsula Europe: The Force Majeure" Exhibition Text


2009

Harrison, Helen Mayer and Newton, "Greenhouse Britain Texts 2009." Exhibition Texts.


Harrison, Helen Mayer and Newton, "Tibet is the High Ground: Part II," Exhibition Texts
 

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