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I had the neat experience of going to the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum here in Birmingham, Alabama. I wasn’t expecting that I would like the museum as much as I did. The collection of vintage typography on the beautifully crafted … Continue reading
I can not tell you how much I’m in love with these outdoor installations. I love the gravity defying rocks and branches. Making things with weight seem light has been something that I’ve been dreaming up in my head for a while… and this captures a lot of my dreams. Wow.
via: Suspended Together | Colossal.
Suspended Together” is an installation that gives the impression of movement and freedom. However, a closer look at the 200 doves allows the viewer to realize that the doves are actually frozen and suspended with no hope of flight. An even closer look shows that each dove carries on its body a permission document that allows a Saudi woman to travel. Notwithstanding their circumstance
The artist reached out to a large group of leading women from Saudi Arabia to donate their permission documents for inclusion in this artwork. “Suspended Together” carries the documents of award-winning scientists, educators, journalists, ens, all Saudi women are required to have this document, issued by their appointed male guardian.gineers, artists and leaders with groundbreaking achievements that gave back to their society. The youngest contributor is six months old and the oldest is 60 years old. In the artist’s words, “regardless of age and achievement, when it comes to travel, all these women are treated like a flock of suspended doves
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I can’t tell you how much I love this. Guido sent this to me because of a conversation I’ve been having with him of an art project that I’ve been mulling over called “YOUR DATA MUST BE ANALYZED” and to see someone do such a beautiful job of visualizing data in animation/video form. truly inspiring. thanks Guido.
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