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Underwater Sculpture TimeJan 05 2009
Posted byRyan

Creator of the world’s first underwater sculpture park, Jason de Caires Taylor has gained international recognition for his unique work. His sculptures highlight ecological processes whilst exploring the intricate relationships between modern art and the environment. By using sculptures to create artificial reefs, the artist’s interventions promote hope and recovery, and underline our need to understand and protect the natural world.

The sculptures are sited in clear shallow waters to afford easy access by divers, snorkellers and those in glass-bottomed boats. Viewers are invited to discover the beauty of our underwater planet and to appreciate the processes of reef evolution.


Vicissitudes - Depth 4.5m, 26 life size figures, 5m diameter, Grenada, West Indies

Vicissitudes Detail - Depth 4.5m, 26 life size figures, 5m diameter, Grenada, West Indies


The Lost Correspondent - Depth 7m, 1.4m x .43m, Grenada, West Indies.


The Un-still Life - Depth 7.8 m 5m 1.2 x 1.3 m, Grenada, West Indies


TamCC Project - Depth 2m 20cm x 36cm, Grenada, West Indies.


Sienna - Depth 3.8m 1.2 x .52m, Grenada, West Indies.


Grace Reef - Depth 4.2m 1.80 x .46m, 14 months after placement.


Grace Reef - Depth 4.2m 1.80x .46, Grenada, West Indies


The Fall From Grace - Depth 6.5m, 2.6 x 1.2m, Grenada, West Indies


An Odd Place for a Sculpture TimeJan 04 2009
Posted byRyan


Maurits Cornelis Escher (17 June 1898 – 27 March 1972), usually referred to as M. C. Escher (IPA['ɛsxəɾ]), was a Dutch graphic artist. He is known for his often mathematically-inspired woodcutslithographs, and mezzotints. These feature impossible constructions, explorations of infinityarchitecture, and tessellations.

You can see all the works created by Gershon Elber here. Below are some of the more complicated ones.


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Red Bull, Art of Can TimeJun 11 2008
Posted byRyan

More than rockets will launch in Houston this summer as the Red Bull Art of Can exhibit opens July 12-25, showcasing a wide variety of art made from recycled materials. The public exhibit curated by Wade Wilson of Wade Wilson ART will be housed at the Houston Galleria. The 47-piece collection includes a life-size bull kicking a china cabinet, a Houston Texan football helmet, a kinetic pinball machine and an aluminum portrait of Barack Obama. Visit the site to see where the exhibit will be traveling and to see images from the show.


“Hardly anyone knows that a secret tunnel runs deep beneath the Atlantic Ocean. In May 2008, more than a century after it was begun, the tunnel has finally been completed. An extraordinary optical device called a Telectroscope has been installed at both ends which miraculously allows people to see right through the Earth from London to New York and vice versa.”

This is the description of the Telectroscope from the artists website, it could also be that it is all done by fiber optics, the first explanation by artist Paul St George is a little more magical though.

One end of the “tunnel” is next to Tower Bridge on the Thames river in London. The opposite end is next to Brooklyn Bridge by New York’s East River.

It is similar to a gigantic webcam, people on one side can look in and see people on the other side. Unlike using a webcam however most of the people on the other end will be wearing clothes.

You can view a video of the piece over at the BBC.


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