Adtool (hello); Why?: first of all = I like the name - it suggests so many things, secondly they are new Laundry folk, welcome, thirdly the are all friendly chaps who seem to like recycling and talking to me on the phone, fourthly I promised them I’d make them customer of the month, fifthly I don’t lie, sixthly (oops I just wrote sexly - delete delete) they made a complaint about the maths post last week (as did several others - soreeee) so I feel like I have to make it up to them…Adtool have requested that I move away from the Sciences and talk about Art - challenge…..
So art, well I think we can’t just get into debates about the appropriateness of grouping YBAs with their diverse themes into a movement, especially as they are not so young any more - so let’s just go for the ridiculous, maybe even record breaking
The smallest work of art in the world
Willard Wigan is the creator of the world’s smallest sculptures, often taking months to complete one, working between heartbeats to avoid hand tremors, Wigan uses a tiny surgical blade to carve his microscopic figures out of rice, grains of sand and sugar, which are then mounted on pinheads. His sculptures have included a Santa Claus and a copy of the Football World Cup trophy, both about 0.005mm tall, and a boxing ring with Muhammad Ali figure which is fit onto the head of a match. I can’t believe I’ve found this - I didn’t believe it - but there is Prince Charles having a good look, or maybe the website is the art work - you never can tell
The biggest work of art in the world
Covering over 4 million square metres (over five million square yards), this Andoscape was ‘painted’ onto the landscape of the Mundi Mundi Plains in Australia - bilmey. It’s sometimes called the Mundi Mundi man, so good to me la la la la la la. The man’s smile is as wide as the empire state building is tall, well you know what they say about smiles…big dust covered teeth.
http://www.andoart.com/eldee.htm
I’m sorry the website is horrible - I’m running out of time for my train here guys, actually that mundi looks a bit dodge too, is it real?? -argh I can’t do art, science is so easy to understand - no tricks, just evidence…
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One Response to “Big Art Little Art”
Posted: Mar 8th, 2007 at 1:55 am
I only just came across this comment of August 2006 but still felt compelled to resond:
In response to comments regarding the link to http://www.andoart.com/eldee.htm and the specifically regarding Mundi Man looking “a bit dodge” and questioning whether it is real…
yes… it is real… I was there and helped the artist Ando make it. The image was created in 2001 and despite drought drying up the soil and several windstorms that have blown through and slightly marked up the image, it still remains visible.
Check out Google Earth Community and search for Mundi Man
and see this satellite shot at Hyvista
http://www.hyvista.com/iom_may2002.html
Aerial footage of the image was featured on several TV programs including Ripley’s Believe It or Not!
And please note that we made etched this image using modified farm equipment and WITHOUT the aid of GPS or modern survey equipment!!!!