Comments on: Invisible Sphere – Johnathan Schipper

By: Links for 08/25/2006 « Tales from the Bookcase Forest

Links for 08/25/2006 « Tales from the Bookcase Forest — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 14:21:04 +0000

[...] Johnathan Schipper’s Invisible 800-pound Steel Sphere… more pix at artist’s site HERE. [...]

By: Arnaud

Arnaud — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 13:35:12 +0000

My apologies, I forgot to mention that, it seemed so obvious.
Thanks Paul.

By: paul

paul — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 01:53:21 +0000

he means the film ‘brazil’ i think, by Terry Gilliam

By: Arnaud

Arnaud — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 00:44:08 +0000

It fits exactly the lo-fi look of brazil universe. The guts of the “machine” are visible, nothing’s hidden. It is solely designed according to its purpose which creates its very own aesthetics standards.
It could also be a “big-brother” scary device used to monitor every move of any citizen at any moment.
I don’t think it needs much more explanation, the installation is self explanatory.

By: Ruairi

Ruairi — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 23:40:24 +0000

In what way exactly?

By: Arnaud

Arnaud — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 23:03:15 +0000

This is very brazilian-esque. Both aesthtically and conceptually.