Discarded Clothes Sculpture by Guerra De La Paz

'The overabundance of discarded clothes though beautiful in some ways, seems depressingly sad when collectively hanging from a ceiling or arranged like a weeping rainbow.'
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The phrase above makes us think about our daily "mass-produced refuse" by creatively putting together old discarded clothes into stunning, artistic sculpture. Guerra De La Paz, a collaboration between two artists, Alain Guerra and Neraldo de la Paz doesn’t see trash, in this sense, but an opportunity for artistic beauty and expression.

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The Colorful 'Puddle'- An Installation by Ryuji Nakamura

Photo by Ryuji Nakamura.

An installation for design & science meeting "Earth: materials for design", 'Puddle' was recently exhibit between 19 May- 7 June 2010 at Miraikan, Koto-ku, Tokyo.

material: cellophane
size:         1820x1820x150
qurator:  mao imaizumi, masanori onishi

Photo by Ryuji Nakamura.

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Bench Between Pillars by Ryuji Nakamura

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Designed by Ryuki Nakamura Architects, the 'Bench Between Pillars' is a 7ft. rest place in Seibu Ikebukuro Flagship Store, Minamiikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo. Completed on 26 June 2010, these hammock-like rest place is made from vinyl sheet for floor with dimensions the of w8270 x d1273 x h2330 x sh450.

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photo by ryuji nakamura architects.

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Ascension, a 45-foot Tall Crane for Coachella Music and Arts Festival

This gigantic origami-look-alike crane is Ascension, a 45ft. tall crane with a 150ft. wingspan. An installation by Crimson Collective, an L.A.-based group of artists, architects, and designers for the 3 days' Coachella Music and Arts Festival on last weekend, Ascension has been made to provide shade from the searing desert sun during the day, and light up to provide an unmissable meeting place at night. Ascension entire structure is made to be dismantled and shipped in a 40ft. shipping container too.

'Strung from the crane's aluminum tubing is 80% mesh texilene sunshade material to protect weary festival-goers, but the sun will not shine in vain: On either side of the bird are solar energy collectors which will help to provide its ambient, colored lighting at night.'

- Fast Company.

Words from Crimson Collective:

An ancient japanese legend promised that anyone who folds a thousand origami cranes (千羽鸖 SENBAZURU）with intention will be granted a wish in return. 

The Crimson Collective's inaugural project, ASCENSION, is an extension of this idea. The giant white origami crane stands as the sum of its parts or a grand manifestation of collective intention. Symbolically, visitors will become part of the living art installation. Thousands of visitors will pass below the structure and seek shelter under the crane's giant wings, like thousands of origami cranes themselves. The experience, like the string in a Senbazuru will inexorably connect each visitor to the next.

Crafted from soaring planes of white fabric and a modular aluminium and tension wire skeleton that will be debuted at the 2010 Coachella Music and Arts Festival, the giant creature serves as a living art installation. On one hand, it is a beacon, a shelter, and a destination for visitors. Metaphorically, the giant crane carries a universal message of peace. Poised to take flight, it is a symbol of hope and prelude to ASCENSION through awareness and understanding.
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Mia Pearlman and Her Paper Sculptures

Based in Brookyln, New York, Mia Pearlman received her BFA from Cornell University in 1996. She has exhibited internationally in numerous galleries, non-profit spaces and museums. Her recent on-going (7 October 2009- 4 April 2010) installation in the Musuem of Arts and Design, New York titled, SLASH: PAPER UNDER THE KNIFE exhibit her paper work INRUSH,
'which utilizes the natural light entering through the window cut on the west side of the building to blur distinction between interior and exterior space.'

VOLUTA.

Voluta is a limited edition laser cut sculpture made of translucent high impact polystyrene. Fun and easy to construct, it offers art lovers of all ages the opportunity to create and own a complex, luminous “paper” sculpture. In minutes you can transform a two dimensional piece of paper into a swirling three dimensional vortex. VOLUTA is meant to hang in a window or near a light source, but can also sit on a pedestal or horizontal surface. Several feet of monofilament is included for hanging. Each VOLUTA is invidually signed and numbered by the artist.

One of Flavorwire's 100 gifts for 100 Cultural Icon, Voluta is price at $195 and u can order it through Mia Pearlman's site.

Mia Pearlman is both a recipient of a 2008 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant and a 2009 Established Artist Fellowship from UrbanGlass.

Artist's Statement
I make site-specific cut paper installations, ephemeral drawings in both two and three dimensions that blur the line between actual, illusionistic and imagined space. Extremely sculptural and often glowing with natural or artificial light, these imaginary weather systems appear frozen in an ambiguous moment, bursting through or hovering within a room.  Existing only for the length of an exhibition, this weightless world totters on the brink of being and not being, continually in flux. It is my mediation on creation, destruction, and the transient nature of reality.

INRUSH.

INRUSH utilizes the natural light entering through the window cut on the west side of the building to blur distinctions between interior and exterior space.

INFLUX.

INFLUX draws people into Roebling Hall from the street, transforming the gallery into a swirling wind tunnel.

CALIGO, 2009.

UMBRA, 2009.

Do check out Mia Pearlman's site to understand the making of her works!

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A Christmas Tree Made from Used Plastic Bottles in Paris

Pictures by Charles Platiau/Reuters.

A Christmas tree made from used plastic bottles by designer Fabrice Peltier, Founder of DESIGNPACK GALLERY decorates a square in Paris starting on Thursday, 3 December 2oo9 and would last until 15 January 2010. Four trees over 12-feet high, are lit by LED lights arranged around the fountain.

Picture by Charles Platiau/Reuters.

Fabrice Peltier's Recycleart.

The event proposal taken from DesignPack Gallery.

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Puppet Theatre for Harvard's Carpenter Center

Photos by Florian Holzherr.

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Le Corbusier's Carpenter Center, his only North American project, this theater was constructed within the sunken exterior courtyard for a puppet performance by the conceptual artist Pierre Huyghe. The organic form of the theater was built with 500 unique white polycarbonate panels diamond shaped interlock to become a rigid structure and are simply bolted together, in order to be easily assembled and disassembled.

Once assembled, forces dissipate across the monocoque surface enclosing the theater space. The modulated ceiling panels are turned inside out to accommodate material tolerances, create skylights and for structural stability, similar to keystones. The panels are 3" in depth and span over 15' at the center of the theater. Foam inserts placed into the panels stiffen the plastic shell. An exterior layer of moss covers the plastic panels. At night, light permeates through the edges of the diagonal plastic panels, leaving the moss to appear suspended. Entering into the theater from Quincy Street through a soft flexible opening focused around a tree, the space bulges to form an interior of reflective white glossy plastic walls. Undulating white foam seating repeats the patterning and dimension of the plastic panels creating a uniform vessel.

The interior compresses, looking toward the stage opening. When the puppet performance isn't playing, it provides a rigid view framing the concrete entry cube of the Carpenter Center, while the soft entrance upon leaving frames a single tree.

Photos by Florian Holzherr.

Photos by Florian Holzherr.

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