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Lighting Design Collective: Silo 468
Silo 468 was originally built in the 1960s and it used to store 16,000 m3 of oil – but it has now been transformed into a wind-controlled lighting installation. Located on the water in the Kruunuvuorenranta District, the silo is visible to central Helsinki, Suomenlinna Fortress and the sea. Commissioned by the city of Helsinki through Lighting Design Collective, the silo is a permanent art installationand public space that visitors can walk around and enter. LDC’s design draws upon the city’s industrial heritage while looking to the area’s future as a residential district.
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Adhesive tapes are not for art. In this video, MoMA conservator Erika Mosier treats a sticky situation. Watch the full episode on our YouTube channel.
Embroidered Photography by Diane Meyer
Diane Meyer is an American artist whose work is a beautiful amalgamation of embroidery and photography, resulting in a series of images where the viewer is forced to question what is being seen, how we view our world, as well as our memories of people, places, occasions and events. Diane is an acclaimed artist, with her work being displayed both nationally and internationally, as well as being the recipient of numerous art fellowships, grants, and residences.
A selection of Diane’s work from “Time Spent That Might Otherwise Be Forgotten” are currently on display at the George Eastman Museum here in good old Rochester, NY for the exhibit A Matter of Memory: Photography as Object in the Digital Age (you can find a couple of images from that project, as well as images from the project “Berlin, in this post), which runs until this coming Sunday, January 29th.
Follow Diane on Instagram , check out the exhibit at the George Eastman Museum if you’re within driving distance of Rochester, and head over to Diane’s website.
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Upside-down Christmas tree suspended from Tate Britain ceiling
London’s Tate Britain has celebrated the start of the festive season by hanging a Christmas tree upside down from its ceiling.
Created by artist Shirazeh Houshiary, the Christmas tree was unveiled today inside the gallery’s Millbank building. It reimagines a similar piece she created for Tate over 20 years ago. The work focuses on the pine tree’s natural qualities – such as its texture, colour, smell and shape – while also highlighting its roots in gold leaf.“I would like us to contemplate that the pine tree is one of the oldest species and recognise the roots are the source of its continued stability, nourishment and longevity,” said the Iranian artist.“
As the roots remain hidden, it is best to seek what is hidden rather than what is apparent."Tate formerly commissioned a contemporary artist to design its
Christmas Tree every year since 1988 but paused the tradition when it
commenced Caruso St John’s £45 million renovation in 2013. Houshiary’s tree is the first commission since.It is suspended down the centre of the spiral staircase added by the Sterling Prize-winning firm and reaches down towards the underground public spaces.
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