Artist: Zoltron
Archive | May, 2010
Statue Strangled by Giant Plastic Six-Pack Ring
From The Province: “Activists have entangled two sculpted porpoises in a giant plastic six-pack ring to protest the use of throwaway plastic and its impact on West Coast marine and wildlife.
The downtown Vancouver demonstration has been organized by the Plastic Pollution Coalition (PPC) and Vancouver advertising agency Rethink. The PPC is trying to draw attention to the fact that plastic pollution covers millions of square kilometres of ocean in the North Pacific and in the North Atlantic. Scientists expect to find similar accumulation areas in the remaining oceanic gyres. There is no known way to clean up the plastic pollution in the oceans as the plastic particles are very small and circulate throughout the entire water column.
The giant plastic rings were originally set up to strangle a wildlife statue at Georgia and Thurlow, but a building manager at that site asked the organizers to move their protest elsewhere. The environmentalists have since set up their exhibit in front of the Scotiabank building at Pender and Burrard.”
C215 Goes BIG in Rome
“I had the chance yesterday to overcome my vertigo and glue that 10 meter by 6 meter portrait in a popular district of Roma called Garbatella. This is a portrait of a Romanian lady that I glued to fight racism against gypsies in Europe since there are more and more pogroms done to them since they integrated Europe, with camps put on fire etc. without reactions of authorities.”… C215
Sun Boxes – An Introduction
“Sun Boxes are twenty speakers operating independently each powered by solar panels. There is a different guitar sample in each box all playing together making the composition. The guitar samples are all of different lengths so the whole piece keeps evolving.
Participants are encouraged to walk amongst the speakers. It sounds different inside of the array. There is a different sense of space inside. Certain speakers will be closer and louder therefore the piece will sound different to different people in different positions throughout the array. Creating a unique experience for everyone.
There are no batteries involved. The Sun Boxes are reliant on the sun. When the sun sets the music stops. The piece changes as the length of the day changes. Making the participants aware of the cycle of the day.”
One Not To Miss: Charming Baker in NYC
Stupid Has A New Hero
New Paintings by Charming Baker
Reception May 13, 2010 @ 6pm
May 14, 2010 through May 29, 2010
NY Studio Gallery on the Lower East Side
154 Stanton St. • New York, NY 10002
PHONE: 212.627.3276 • EMAIL: info@nystudiogallery.com • URL: nystudiogallery.com
Berlin calling
A cheap plane ticket purchased on a whim resulted in me attending Berlin’s recent “Gallery Weekend” (and the May 1 ‘riots’ party). As I have not really been to Berlin in years, it gave me a lot to think about. I decided to go with an open mind and little …
Return of the rat – More Banksy in San Francisco
With a big thanks to Warholian again and the photographers credited here are 5 more Banksy pieces that have surfaced in the San Francisco area over the past few days.
Fishermans Wharf – Alcatraz Tour Boats – source: nimobimo on Flickr
Fishermans Whar…
