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Viral email reads, “Entries for an art contest at the Hirshorn Modern Art Gallery in DC. The rule was that the artist could use only one sheet of paper.”
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About This Video
‘I thought that, as I’m making a new photo wall, I would make an instructional video, answering some of the most common questions I get.
Vital statistics:
Space covered: 120 by 80 inches
Photos used: 256 (16 by 16 grid)
Printer: Canon SELPHY 730
Total cost (Estimated): £50/$100′
by jerryhcooke
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DESIGNER: Tonkin Liu, London, England, UK
LOCATION: Burnley, Lancashire, England, UK
DATE: 2006
IDEA: It takes the form of a tree bending to the winds
BUILDING TYPE: Sculptural Landmark
CONSTRUCTION: Steel
NOTES: A panopticon; wind blows through galvanized-steel pipe “branches,” creating music
About This Video
‘Looking like the wreckage of an Alien space craft, this Futuristic Sculpture is Art Jim, but not as we know it. Commisioned by a forward thinking Burnley Council, The collection of tubes makes the strangest sounds when the wind blows, which is often round the location at Crown POint, on the moorland overlooking Burnley. Seen in the background is Pendle Hill, famous for the PENDLE WITCHES. Maybe in the sculpture, the myth lives on. Let me know what YOU think.’
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Cyres Cafe Antwerp regular Visitor, and more than a Visitor, Vibrant Victoria, was here yesterday evening. Yay! We enjoy incredibly exciting and compelling discussions and yesterday, as part of a discussion about building and spaces, we both re-visited virtually Damanhur (Victoria is considering a trip there in April).
CAnn, further to the highlighting of Auroville to add to the inspiration around Cyres Cafe Peace City, check out the art~work here in Damanhur. Imagine attracting such colourful creatives!
