PONT DE SIGNE, OLIVIER GROSSETÊTE
This installation reflects the architecture of Tatton Park Biennial’s Japanese Garden. This folly, like the others set up in the festival, is associated with contemplative pleasure. The structure is a folly of design and engineering: a featherweight bridge designed for contemplation rather than function, emanating from and leading to the water, held aloft by three helium-filled balloons. The work recalls the powder of daydreams and their ability to transform reality.
Esta instalación es la encargada de representar el jardín japonés en la Tatton Park Biennial. Su instalación, al igual que el resto, se asocia con el placer contemplativo. La estructura es una reflexión sobre el diseño y la ingeniería: un puente muy ligero diseñado para la contemplación y no para la función, arrancando y finalizando en el agua, para lo que está sostenido por tres globos de helio. La instalación intenta remarcar el poder de la imaginación y su capacidad para transformar la realidad.
That was our project! June 1998 - November 2000, it’s now part of MoMA’s permanent collection.
ARTWORK OF THE WEEK
Water Tower, 1998
Rachel WhitereadWater Tower is a translucent resin cast of the interior of a 12 foot high by 9 foot wide wooden water tank. Sitting on top of a steel tower frame 7 stories high on a SoHo rooftop, Whiteread’s sculpture is situated between two functioning water tanks. The visual experience of the piece changes depending on the time of day and weather. On a cloudy day, the weathered surface of the original tank’s interior becomes visible, providing a ghostly form. In bright sunlight the translucent resin becomes a beacon of refracted light, and at night the unlit sculpture disappeared against the darkened sky.
You can read more about Water Tower and Rachel Whiteread here
This is what our Monday looks like.
We had a kick-off party Friday to celebrate the start of construction on the Spiral Project, an upcoming installation at Lake Union Park. We’ll be constructing the sculpture from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Feel free to stop by to build it with us, or even just to chat.
The above image was a collaborative sketch of the Spiral (and some other random things like a dog named Mika and some disembodied eyes) drawn by the 30+ party attendees who have almost all been involved in the project in some way.
Farhad Moshiri’s installation ‘Life is Beautiful’ showcases a beautiful cursive treatment of the titular expression. Step closer and we realize the typeface is created by hundreds of knives with colourful handles stabbed into the wall at Palazzo Grassi, Italy
via This Is Colossal
“Stillness in Motion is a sculpture by Cleveland-based artist Olga Ziemska that was installed in 2003 at the Centre of Polish Sculpture in Oronsko, Poland. The piece is made entirely from cut willow branches that have been cut and stacked to create a human figure.”
We’ve been thinking about the Spiral project (which is being created entirely with reclaimed tree branches from Seattle parks), so we’ve been really into tree related art lately.
Letha Wilson_______ Wall in Blue Ash Tree, 2011, Drywall, joint compound, paint, wood studs, 18’ h x 16’ w x 4” d
“This piece is an interior wall built inside and alongside a Blue Ash Tree at the Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Illinois (outside of Chicago). It was built with a wood stud structure and then faced with ordinary sheetrock, drywall compound, and paint. The wall faces almost due west so from about 12:30 on the sun casts shadows on the wall from the tree limbs and leaves. This particular tree is fairly late to leaf out, so the piece will change considerably throughout the season. The piece is part of the “Nature Unframed” exhibition up from May through November 2011.” (Letha Wilson)
You probably don’t notice the trees in your city. But you’d notice if they were gone. And you’d definitely notice if they were all blue.
