PRODUCT LIBRARY
designboom previews the show and speaks with NYBG's director of public engagement and library exhibitions curator, joanna groarke.
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at sunset, the reflection of the glowing sky and onshore clouds merges with floating, shifting gradients of light across the surface of the work.
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designboom looks at how the public art fund has engaged new yorkers and visitors alike — from an endlessly spinning water vortex at the brooklyn bridge, to an upright swimming pool at rockefeller center.
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designboom spoke with the japanese artist about how the fragility of salt 'always reminds me that all things are subject to change, and that life is finite.'
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Morgan James Jan 09, 2015 Kema Dec 30, 2014 brigg Nov 25, 2014 Hans Nov 19, 2014
more commentsBrigg .. it isnt a safe height if it scares the dog. Dogs are not cats. Cats know instinctively how to land safely on all four feet. They also don’t tense when they land. Dogs on the other hand, do not know how to land from a fall and tend to stiffen their legs on impact often resulting in back problems which will not show through until some time later. Dogs can do a controlled jump IF they are totally in control. But being dropped rear feet first is a frightening experience for any dog. They cannot see where they are going to land. They were not in control of dropping. The mattress may have been soft and perhaps none of them suffered any lower back damage from their body weight landing on top of their rear leg landing, but they were scared!!! Am shocked at owners doing this, but then no doubt they were paid the money clouded their responsibilities. As for the photographer ….. she should be ashamed. Why didnt she do this to cats … oh yes I know … a) they dont have long fur b) they wouldnt look scared and c) they would KNOW how to turn their bodies in mid air so as to land on all four feet, thus not making a good picture.
My Pomeranian, while capable of getting some air, doesn’t get THAT kind of air, and doesn’t look terrified about being dropped when she does launch herself.
Saw some of these in The Guardian. The dogs were dropped by their owners from a safe height onto a mattress, with a wind machine blowing.
Despite any tossing or leaping or what kind of breed these dogs are: It’s a very old thing, here’s a music video from Pleix from 2009: http://vimeo.com/4182352 (great video btw :D)