Jen Lewin, la luz del desierto en la vuelta de Burning Man post-era Covid-19
Jen Lewin, la luz del desierto en la vuelta de Burning Man post-era Covid-19
Estelle Chrétien, la redimension del paisaje entre lo público y lo privado
Estelle Chrétien, la redimension del paisaje entre lo público y lo privado
Basia Irland - Ice Receding/Books, frozen books with seeds against climate change
Basia Irland - Ice Receding/Books, frozen books with seeds against climate change
Throughout the history of mankind, seeds have been preserved in a natural way according to seasonal cycles. In cold periods the seeds were frozen. Germinating in their natural habitats when climatic conditions became warmer.
Using a language that combines lyrical, ethnic and scientific elements, the artist Basia Irland creates in 2009 the Ice Receding/Books project. For this project he was inspired by the observations and documentation provided by members of the Nisqually tribe.
Whose communities live on reservations in the U.S. state of Washington, and the natural processes from which they obtained their seed stocks. These seeds were then used in their crops.
Using ice books to fossilize the seeds, made with large blocks of ice, which are extracted from the plates that are formed in the riverbed where members of the native community usually fish.
READ IT IN SPANISH: Basia Irland - Ice Receding/Books, libros congelados con semillas contra el cambio climatico
And where thousands of seeds are deposited after being trapped in the ice, just carve the ice giving it the shape of books. In whose frozen interior have been embedded variants of seeds of local species. These are finally distributed in different points of the forest, melting due to the exposure to the sun's rays, and releasing the seeds that will spread in their area of influence, germinating.
That first experience has been replicated in other parts of the world such as Spain, Mexico, England or Iran. Through the use of collective tools, teams formed by biologists, artists, botanists, as well as local farming communities, intervene on the territory using natural methods.
Ice Receding/Books is a multicultural proposal that reflects on how human intervention impacts the environment. And how their active presence has modified the methods of germination.
Altering the landscape on which it acts having as main consequence climate change, and the deterioration of unique habitats. That unfortunately go from being in danger of extinction to disappear for good.
Barrio de Italia en Santiago de Chile, historia, comercio y ocio a un paso del centro
Barrio de Italia en Santiago de Chile, historia, comercio y ocio a un paso del centro
Creative Machines - Heart Beacon, a huge heart allows you to know your health status in an immersive way.
Creative Machines - Heart Beacon, a huge heart allows you to know your health status in an immersive way.
Installed at the entrance of the Emergency Coordination Center of the American city of Portland. The presence of the Heart Beacon has no medical function.
However, the users of the hospital grounds approach this huge reproduction of the main human muscle. They are attracted by the desire to know what their heart rate sounds like or what color it lights up when they take their pulse.
The installation, which has a strong playful component, has been created by the Creative Machines studio. It is an interactive proposal where through a system composed of diodes and sound effects.
The vital signs recorded by the sensors attached to its structure are reproduced. Conceived as a ludic artifact, the data collected are translated into a unique pattern linked to the vital signs of each subject that approaches this huge heart.
Composed of two candles covered with acrylic panels, the Heart Beacon's interior houses an encapsulated warhead that functions as an autonomous and immersive platform.
READ IT IN SPANISH: Creative Machines - Heart Beacon, un enorme corazón permite conocer tu estado de salud de forma inmersiva
From which to convey a message of hope to the inhabitants of the city of Portland. Elaborated with the contribution made by the members of the community. Heart Beacon is a collective experience that combines art and active participation, using an accessible and playful language.
Jeremy Deller - Sacrilege, the megalithic monument of Stonehenge as you have never seen it beforehand
Jeremy Deller - Sacrilege, the megalithic monument of Stonehenge as you have never seen it beforehand
After months of hard work in his studio, the artist Jeremy Deller has finally archieved to complete his announced reproduction of one of the monuments or relics of the ancient world, such as the set of dolmens that form the archaeological site of Stonehenge.
Although as he himself confesses when he had the opportunity to visit it in a casual excursion, he did not harbor many expectations about it. This lack of enthusiasm regarding the contemplation of these ancient stones.
Perhaps it had to do with the fact that he had seen so many of them through the eyes of others that it did not cause him excessive motivation. Perception that changed radically when he had it and could become aware of its historical transcendence.
Entitled Sacrileg, it is a commission for the 2012, lying on the Glasgow Green. The full-scale representation of one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
It is an interactive outdoor installation, an inflatable toy for visitors to interact with through a creative formula. The instantly recognizable shape is created from an inflated plastic design.
READ IT IN ENGLISH: Jeremy Deller - Sacrilege, el monumento megalítico de Stonehenge como nunca lo habías visto
Employing the same technique as with the popular children's attractions. Imposing gray pillars and arches perfectly mimic every detail of the original monument. Creating the sensation that you have been transported back in time.
Artist Guy Laramee recycles books to become landscapes.
Artist Guy Laramee recycles books to become landscapes.
Books as creative material, apart from the narrative format we attribute to them as readers, can offer endless creative and plastic expressions, adopting in this way another narrative role.
Resulting in many and varied ways of representing the same reality, the photographer and artist Guy Laramee, is an expert in capturing the essence of the landscapes he has the opportunity to visit.
After photographing them, he locks himself in his studio and creates these surreal reproductions. The natural and architectural landscapes represented in these models belong to the Biblios and The Great Wall series.
READ IT IN SPANISH: El artista Guy Laramee recicla libros convirtiéndolo en paisajes
They are sculptural works that reproduce landscapes carved in old books, in which no detail is missing. Revealing serene mountains, plateaus and architectural structures, which are integrated into these natural environments without altering them.
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SETH convierte al Distrito 13 de París en un espacio de arte urbano crítico
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