The chains of the circled paper are created from photographs of the human form, front and back, thus transforming the playful grade school craft into a literal chain of connected bodies. Humanity is linked through the aching need of one being to affect or connect to the next. The linked photographs, the full human figures clinging to one another, are thus transformed into an endless chain of linear dependence. These chains will run diagonally through the lobby of the Lever House, weaving and curving, dipping and rising, leading the viewer the direction of the exterior installation, and ultimately, transforming the decorative roots of the paper chain into something deeper and more resonant.
Particolare della catena realizzata con ritratti di corpi, quando il fai da te diventa arte e si riempie di significato
La mia amica Roberta, appassionata d'uncinetto (guardate il suo piccapicca), con cui realizza divertenti segnalibri, mi ha segnalato questo incredibile progetto, se vi capita di essere a Washington D.C., sarà in mostra alla Sant Ocean Hall dello Smithsonian (quello di Una notte al museo 2, già citato per gli orecchini dedicati ad Amelia Earhart) fino al 24 aprile 2011
The Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef is a project by the Institute For Figuring in Los Angeles (an organization based in Los Angeles, California that promotes the public understanding of the poetic and aesthetic dimensions of science, mathematics and the technical arts. The Institute hosts public lectures and exhibitions, publishes books and maintains a website). The Crochet Reef resides at the intersection of mathematics, marine biology, handicraft and community art practice, and also responds to the environmental crisis of global warming and the escalating problem of oceanic plastic trash.
E restando sott'acqua ecco l'acquario più piccolo del mondo, di soli 3 x 2.4 x 1.4 cm, realizzato dal miniaturista russo Anatoly Konenko. Ospita tre minuscoli pesci zebra, il fondale e le bolle. Anche su The Daily Mail.
Porto Cervo - Italy
