“Investigating the rotation of data, these sculptures were made using graphs of the New York Stock Exchange (Composite 2004-2012) and the Dow Jones (Industrial Average 1980-2012). The crash of 2009 is clearly visible. The artworks were made to contemplate the meaning of the current global financial crisis and to consider different ways of visualizing data.”
Stock Exchange Sculptures | Luke Jerram, via Dan W.
This is why I love art. The only way I can fully appreciate and learn about something is to see the art of it. Knowledge is art. Data is art. I think Ron Swanson said it best. “It’s art; anything is anything.”
I can’t believe he does this by eye-balling a printed graph. It’s always nice to see art that’s not created digitally.
Mike Tonkin and Anna Liu of Tonkin Liu. The Singing Ringing Tree.
A 3-meter-tall, wind-powered musical sculpture made of galvanized steel pipes, it stands high above the English town of Burnley. The pipes swirl to form the shape of a tree bent and blown by the wind, and produce an eerie, melodious hum as the constant wind on Crown Point drifts through them. The Singing Ringing Tree’s pipes are used for both aesthetic qualities as well as for tuning, with their sound varied according to length and added narrow slits on the underside of specific pipes. The sound produced by these twisted metal trees covers several octaves and is said to be simultaneously discordant and melancholy, and intensely beautiful. Designed by architects Mike Tonkin and Anna Liu of Tonkin Liu. (via Interactive Architecture)
Reminds me of the Sibelius monument in Helsinki; that one doesn’t make sound though. Man I’d love to hear this thing!
Lion Monument, Lucerne, Switzerland
Around about are green trees and grass. The place is a sheltered, reposeful woodland nook, remote from noise and stir and confusion — and all this is fitting, for lions do die in such places, and not on granite pedestals in public squares fenced with fancy iron railings. The Lion of Lucerne would be impressive anywhere, but nowhere so impressive as where he is.
(via shouperduper)
“Your rainbow panorama is a great permanent work of art by Olafur Eliasson made for the rooftop of ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum (Denmark), and provides the visitors a unique panoramic visual experience.”
Beyond Infinity, an optical theater of Eastern and Western philosophies created by Serge Salat.
No idea what I’m looking at, but isn’t it cool!?
Winged Victory of Samothrace, 190 BC
Standing triumphantly atop the Louvre’s grand staircase, this is one of the most awe-inspiring and memorable pieces of art you’ll ever see. I still remember when I saw it ten years ago; at just under eleven feet tall, it took my breath away. Sculpted 2,200 years ago, it still amazes and inspires millions every year. What an incredible feat.
Inside The Book Tunnel photo by magnifik
Another flickr user perryolf took the photo below and says: “The hall of the main library in Prague is dominated by a giant tower of books - a monument made out of old novels from the library. It rises more than 5 metres in the air. In the bottom, there is a mirror, creating the effect of a deep, deep well of wisdom. A sight that is hidden for most tourists, but very, very impressive”.
The Appendine Colossus by Giambologna
Located in Villa di Pratolino in Tuscany, Italy, which at one point contained a cave, grotto, and multiple water pipes that would spray visitors. Though I’m not convinced this isnt the hardened remains of a fallen god.
(via: reddit)
