Gallery: Mind-Blowing Building Built F...
Since the public can easily see themselves reflected in a false infinite – thus discovering the illusion – the problem becomes the latency of perception.
Kren created “Scanner” specifically for MAMbo in collaboration with the Slovakian Centre for Information on Literature. The installation is the seminal event of a local children’s book fair — some of us may have been raised to treat books like books and only books, but Kren manages to inspire literary reverence by using books as building materials. However intellectually metaphorical that may sound, it’s a physical truth.
[...] to build from. So far, they have looked into building homes from straw, fruit peel and even books. Now, a team at Rice University believes they can even make a building material from [...]
[...] been arranged so that in some instances the spines of the books are turned out to reveal the title. Recycled books, journals and magazines were used to construct the desk, which was then topped with glass to [...]
[...] carpets that are integrated within the site and structure of the forest. In an amazing example of book architecture, the books are stacked like bricks, while open volumes form cushioned carpets on the forest floor. [...]
I saw a very similar installation in prague last year, but on a smaller scale. Link http://www.flickr.com/photos/33774108@N03/4099248766/in/set-72157622794009490/
same person?