This is just one example of the work to be found on the wooster collective, SurplusBargains is a Wellington based artist working mainly in the field of fly posting around new zealand, oh and check out his website http://www.surplusbargains.co.nz.
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Monday, 9 March 2009
The Wooster Collective
-woo·ster (noun)A street in the Soho section of New York City
-col·lec·tive (noun)Of, relating to, characteristic of, or made by a number of people acting as a group: a collective decision.
-The Wooster Collective was founded in 2001. This site is dedicated to showcasing and celebrating ephemeral art placed on streets in cities around the world.
-Basically for anyone vagueley interested in street art, massive online archive/blog of the best street art being created around the world rite now.
Wednesday, 4 March 2009
Xavier Cortada
"My work aims to challenge us to find deeper meaning in our present lives by exploring the paths of those who came before us and our relationship to the natural world.
"In 'The Reclamation Project,' I hung 252 mangrove seedlings (in plastic, water-filled cups) at the Bass Museum and worked with volunteers to place another 2500 across South Beach, 'reclaiming' an island that once a lush coastal ecosystem thriving with mangroves.
"In January 2007 I traveled to the South Pole ate site-specific installations: for 'The Longitudinal Installation,' I arranged 24 shoes in a circle around the South Pole as a proxy for those affected by global climate change in the world above.
"In 'The 150,000-year Journey,' I used a moving ice sheet to mark time: I planted a mangrove seedling at the South Pole, embedded in the ice it will ride for 150,000 years towards the waters edge where, theoretically, it will set its roots. Juxtaposing Antarctica's geological time frames with human time frames, my art reaffirms the notion that we are simply custodians of the planet who should learn to live in harmony with nature."
"In 'The Reclamation Project,' I hung 252 mangrove seedlings (in plastic, water-filled cups) at the Bass Museum and worked with volunteers to place another 2500 across South Beach, 'reclaiming' an island that once a lush coastal ecosystem thriving with mangroves.
"In January 2007 I traveled to the South Pole ate site-specific installations: for 'The Longitudinal Installation,' I arranged 24 shoes in a circle around the South Pole as a proxy for those affected by global climate change in the world above.
"In 'The 150,000-year Journey,' I used a moving ice sheet to mark time: I planted a mangrove seedling at the South Pole, embedded in the ice it will ride for 150,000 years towards the waters edge where, theoretically, it will set its roots. Juxtaposing Antarctica's geological time frames with human time frames, my art reaffirms the notion that we are simply custodians of the planet who should learn to live in harmony with nature."
Thursday, 26 February 2009
i give up...
im feeling like there really is no interesting things in the world at this moment... and well no artists are currently making me feel inspired.. other than the one i posted the other day!! ok well... im bit useless.... at this moment!
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