Just by accident found this art work. The subject is a little strange: Whales, small toy whales (or fish type things), a brain, a video animation and some blubber.
The work is from the Italian artist Claudia Losi, it features a life size whale, a dramatic shift in scale that relates not only to the physical onject, but also to the epic concept of time evoked by a species that has survived for some 50 millions years (according to the brochure – hence not my words!).
Anyway, my take is a bloody big whale with the sound of whale music in the background. I assume the brain is representative of the brain in the beast – hence it’s quite small considering the size of the whale. That said it’s not really going to work out Pi to 28 places, so for motor function I guess it’s fine.
As with the Rice Show the gallery are happy for photography to take place. So with that in mind I went a little arty with the animated video, well the light it produced anyway.
Not too sure about the artistic merits of the display, however it’s worth seeing just for the impressive size of the beast. Which maybe is the point (you’ll have to excuse my ignorance – I’ve only recently started to do art/installation stuff).
Overall a worthwhile visit if you’re in the area, if you’re not why not pop in a have a nose around.
On display until 26th October (12-7pm – Tues-Sun) at the Mailbox Level 5 (bottom of the escalators)
Admission is free, plus the Ladies on site were very pleasant.
A quick google shows that i’m probably the last blog to mention it, so remember you heard here last!
Kebablog: Always late to the party since around 2005
