Tag Archives: earth


Mary Miss

Mary Miss. Perimeters_Pavillions_Decoys. 1978-2

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Mary Miss, several impressions of the exhibition ‘Perimeters / Pavillions / Decoys’ (1978)

Short PDF on the work here.


Hostprods

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Drosophila Titanus’ (2011-ongoing) by Hostprods (Andy Gracie).

An attempt to breed a new species of fruit fly which is theoretically suitable for life on Titan, the largest moon of Saturn and, so far, the most Earth-like place known to man.


Matt Johnson

Matt Johnson Pyramid of Dust 2011

Matt Johnson, ‘Pyramid of dust’ (2011)


Isaac Newton

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This apple tree is located at Woolsthorpe Manor, near Grantham, Lincolnshire, and it is here under its branches that Isaac Newton sat in 1665 when ‘the notion of gravitation came to mind’.


Pierre Ardouvin

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Pierre Ardouvin, ‘L’île’ (2007)


Petrit Halilaj

Petrit Halilaj, ‘Kosterc (CH)’ (2011)

Soil, grass, metal container. Presentation at Art Basel 2011.


Timm Ulrichs

Timm Ulrichs, ‘Auf der Unterseite der Erdoberflaeche (Kopfstehendes Hohlkoerper-Denkmal II)’ (‘On the bottom of the earth’s surface (Hollow body monument standing upside down II)’)


David Byrne

David Byrne’s ‘Tight Spot’ (2011) at the Pace Gallery, NYC.


Angie Waller

‘The Most Boring Places in the World’ (2009) by Angie Waller

“The Most Boring Places in the World” is a Google Earth tour that pinpoints the location of bloggers, live journal-ers, and chat room commentators. These authors all claim that the city they live in or vacationed in is more boring than any other place they can imagine, at least during the time of their post.

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Unknown

Another one from an unfortunately unknown source. If anyone knows..?