"Yellow Feather" by PJ Bergin

One of our artist members, PJ Bergin, used the term “In-Situ” in her recent correspondence.  It often befuddles a few people when it comes up in conversation, so I thought it would be a perfect entry in our “art dictionary” series.

“In-Situ” is a brilliant latin phrase meaning “In Position”.  Wikipedia cites it as when a piece takes into account (or made specifically for) a certain location.  More commonly it comes up as a term for the process of taking photographs of art in its environment.  Rather than showing the work all by itself, photographing “in-situ” can show dimensions and scale that might otherwise be lost.