
'blue moon on a platter' by bruce munro at waddesdon manor in the UK
image © bruce munro 2012
photo by mark pickthall
british artist bruce munro has conceived two large-scale installations for waddesdon manor, buckinghamshire, england -
embroidering the undulating landscape with thousands of glistening CDs. the first piece is entitled 'blue moon on a platter' -
coating the the banks of the waddesdon garden ampitheatre with a polychromatic luminescence - measuring 28 metres across.
positioned in the centre of the artwork is a 1.5m 'moon', made up of coiled optic fibres from which the CDs radiate -
luminous from the blue orb kept alight by a metal halide projector.
the second installation is called 'angel of light', a carpet of 50,000 CDs glimmering across the front lawn in a perfect curve -
referencing a halo effect. both works are on show now through the christmas season until january 1st, 2013.

the blue orb is kept alight by a metal halide projector
image © bruce munro 2012
photo by mark pickthall

positioned in the centre of the artwork is a 1.5m 'moon', made up of coiled optic fibres
image © bruce munro 2012
photo by mark pickthall

image © bruce munro 2012
photo by mark pickthall

image © bruce munro 2012
photo by mark pickthall

'angel of light' in the front lawn of waddesdon gardens
image © bruce munro 2012
photo by mark pickthall

the installation is made up of 50,000 CDs
image © bruce munro 2012
photo by mark pickthall

image © bruce munro 2012
photo by mark pickthall
a timelapse video of 'blue moon on a platter'
video courtesy waddesdon gardens
how incredibly simplistic
Hey, I know- how about a piece called ” MilleniaIV” where we take 14000 single pieces of…..hand painted..condoms- yeah, that’s it..,and blow them up, and in the center a giant egg filled with a neo-flourencent sea of robotic tadpoles, representing the transcendent nature of reproduction as it relates to population values, and set that up? And then have a big blow out with organic lychee nuts and cocaine accompanied by a lot of meaningful dialogue? And booze, so we can forget what we’ve become? Genuis!! And it only took me 45 seconds to come up with that one….CD’s..how remarkable!!! What’s next? The mind boggles…..