Heike Mutter & Ulrich Genth - Tiger & Turtle (2011) - A walk-along “roller coaster”
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RUNE GUNERIUSSEN
Rune Guneriussen, born 1977, in Norway. Education from Surrey Institute of Art & Design in England. Live and work in eastern Norway. Is an artist working in the transition between installation and photography. As a conceptual artist he works site specific, primarily in nature.The work on objects started in 2005, and has been photographed on locations all over Norway.
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Designed by architects Mike Tonkin and Anna Liu of Tonkin Liu, the Singing Ringing Tree is a 3 meter tall construction comprising pipes of galvanised steel which harness the energy of the wind to produce a slightly discordant and penetrating choral sound covering a range of several octaves. Some of the pipes are primarily structural and aesthetic elements, while others have been cut across their width enabling the sound. The harmonic and singing qualities of the tree were produced by tuning the pipes according to their length by adding holes to the underside of each.
It is situated in Lancashire, England
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Remember cassettes? Here’s a sculpture of cassettes from Michael Stipe’s house - the house is up for sale at about $11 million.
Everyone has hobbies, and this was probably an easy collection to gather, any time after the late 80s!
Argentinean sculptor Adrián Villar Rojas creates enormous sculptural works that seem like remnants of a science fiction movie set, or bizarre moments from a surreal dream.
The awesome piece you see here is entitled My Family Dead (2009). Here a life-size blue whale, created by the artist, lies beached in the woods outside Ushuaia, Argentina. The stranded cetacean is pockmarked with tree stumps, which leaves the viewer wondering if it’s being slowly claimed by the forest or perhaps it’s a native resident. Beautiful and utterly awesome.
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5,000 Books Pour Out of a Building in Spain - My Modern Metropolis
Artist Alicia Martin’s tornado of books shoot out a window like a burst of water from a giant hose. The Spain-based artist’s sculptural installation at Casa de America, Madrid depicts a cavalcade of books streaming out of the side of a building. The whirlwind of literature defies gravity and draws attention with its grandeur size. There have been three site-specific installations, thus far, of the massive sculptural works in this series known as Biografias, translated as Biographies, that each feature approximately 5,000 books sprawled out around and atop one another.
Martin’s giant book structures give life to the inanimate objects filled with knowledge. By constructing the curving towers with a rather free and disheveled exterior, while maintaining a sturdy core, the books’ loose pages are free to blow and rustle in the wind, allowing the piece to be further animated. Take a look at the short video, below, to see the piece in motion.
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“Chinese sculptor Lei Yi Xin, the chiseler of the soon-to-be-unveiled Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, has now finished his work on the piece, located near the Tidal Basin. Oh, did we mention that Lei sculpted the 28-foot memorial from memory?” (via Sculptor Finishes Work on Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial: DCist)
![Speed Bag Sculpture of the Day: Commissioned by the Ali family, “reALIze” by Michael Kalish is a 22-feet-tall portrait of Muhammad Ali made of 2 miles of aluminum tubing, 5 miles of stainless steel cables, and 1,300 speed bags. (via thedailywhat)
The sculpture will be on display at Nokia Plaza @ L.A. Live March 25 through April 9.
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Speed Bag Sculpture of the Day: Commissioned by the Ali family, “reALIze” by Michael Kalish is a 22-feet-tall portrait of Muhammad Ali made of 2 miles of aluminum tubing, 5 miles of stainless steel cables, and 1,300 speed bags. (via thedailywhat)
The sculpture will be on display at Nokia Plaza @ L.A. Live March 25 through April 9.
[mmm.]
