www.slate.com: In this clever community design project, 128 volunteers attached 6,000 used CDs to a giant custom knitted fishing net stretched between pillars at the entrance of the Sea Garden public park in Varna, Bulgaria, on the Black Sea. The project, dubbed Mirror Culture, was visited by some 50,000 people last summer, as part of the city’s bid for European Capital of Culture in 2019.
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I love this! It's so simple, and almost silly because CD's are such ordinary objects, but it looks really neat. I find it especially great that it was created by an artist and volunteers from the community, for the community, rather than a project commissioned from a famous installation who may have no ties to the city and its culture. The fact that this was done in order to help Varna get the title of European Capital of Culture 2019 shows what an impact a small group of people can have on their community at large through art.
This is amazing, who knew that the CDs we all are forgetting exist could make such a beautiful art installation. The way the light works with the CDs is simply eye catching, there is so much you could with the lighting and the CDs. It was also interesting to me that the whole piss was put together with donated CDs and people who were volunteering their time. I think the fact that the art was not done by someone else who is not from the town but done by the people who live there makes it even more special.
This is so cool. Not only is this an awesome way to turn unwanted materials into art, it looks amazing as well. The night shots are unbelievable. The way the light and reflections play as the net blows in the way is incredible. The most interesting quote is how these CDs represent what was once important information to all of these people that ended up just collecting dust in a closet. It's even better that it was assembled by volunteers to beautify a city. It would be nice to see more installations like this in other cities.
Ive always thought the bottom of CD's were very pretty so its not really surprising that they were used in an art project. Now I want to start collecting CD's and make a mini version for my room. Any art project that uses found materials immediately sets it above the rest for me because I think its more impressive to make something new out of something that already exists instead of using basic mediums.
This is a perfect example of taking a simple product and turing it into a beautiful work of art. Such a fun project to bring the community together in a simple and quick way. Anyone could walk up to the installation and spend a couple of minutes attaching CDs to the fishing line. When the piece is viewed form a far its stunning and in the night the installation becomes even more beautiful. The CDs together make a beautiful scale like texture and shimmer in the light. I love the color variation when they are under different light and illuminate fun lighting. This is something that I could love to create one day, for I love taking found objects and using repetition to form beautiful works of art.
I love the idea of this! It seems as though it was something that came out of Susan tsu's basic design class! It's kind of funny that it was done just to try to get a title though. I wish it was more of a community project rather than a competition based thing. Nonetheless it turned out to be magnificent and really does reflect the nature of fish scales.
This is so beautiful! The still pictures are lovely, but the video is especially fascinating. It's so wonderful they way that it captures the light as it moves. The rainbows that it forms makes it look almost like it's being projected on, which is a cool idea for a future piece. One of the best parts is that it was a community project and all the CD's are donated- it's so interesting that they all are full of data that used to mean something.
This is so cool and so simple. At the CMU radio station, WRCT, we get a ton of CD from record labels each week. After listening to them all, we keep a select few and essentially throw the rest of them away. Well, we used to just throw them away, but the most recent batched were given to John Ward to be brought to the warehouse. A friend and I from the radio station, however, were trying to think of some sort of project we could make with them- this sculpture certainly provides some inspiration!
What a great example of garbage to glamor! In a way this piece seems almost obvious since we all are familiar with how the back of CDs reflect light but incredible due to how a lll the CDs play with the light together. Another component of this project that I find inspiring is the amount of people that went into completing this project. The project gives off a nostalgic air even over the internet when you think about how many memories those CDs are possibly part of. I wonder just how powerful it must be in person.
I love the simplicity of this. It's quite amazing to see what use an object like a CD can be put to outside of the norm. We as people tend to only see things for their intended purpose and I think its super important for us to start looking at these things in different lights. Everyday people throw things out that they consider useless or that they think no longer has value but that same object could potentially be used for something else. One man's trash is another man's treasure. Why don't we learn to see everything as treasure?
Art is a great community activity. I think that one of the best parts of being in a community is being able to make art with them. This piece of art is surprisingly amazing. I love the way that such a simple object is able to create such an amazing look when repeated many times. This project is a great fit because it uses cheap recycled materials. The videos look really great, but I'm sure that this looks even better in person.
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