Art at the Schönbrunn zoo in Vienna

"The artist-duo Steinbrener/Dempf have set up six installations in several enclosures at Schönbrunn zoo - from a sunken car wreck in the rhino pen, railroad tracks in the bison enclosure to toxic waste in the aquarium. The installations are designed to interfere with our notions of idyllic wildlife and question the authenticity of places like zoos which recreate 'natural' environments for animals that are increasingly endangered".

As seen in the Guardian.

Fishing Line Art

Barnacles
Sea Fan Coral
Jellyfish -2

Art made from Fishing Line by Melissa Hirsch in Australia.

At the Cape Gallery
At the Visual Arts Network

She has also made things out of strings of flax fiber. Climate Neutral art. "The pieces I create for galleries are very focussed and time consuming, with the foremost concerns being form, beauty and the environment. In order to engage with others, and for a sense of freedom and autonomy I organise collaborative and ephemeral projects."

I like seeing modern weaving techniques.

More at the Tamworth Regional Gallery - Fiber Textile Biennial.

Living Walls and Wave Fields

Overpass at Pont Max Juvénal, Aix-en-Provence - designed by Patrick Blanc. Discussed in the Blue is the New Green article in the New York Times about water and green roofs.

I love these artistic green spaces. I've done my wildflower gardens and sometimes I have spread the seeds considering how the colors will blend together. I have had truckloads of dirt moved in - but I've never sculpted the earth like Lin. That would be something to do sometime.

These wave fields by Maya Lin looks like a fun places to visit. The last of 3 is at the Storm King Art Center in Mountainville, NY. The others are at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan (see below) and at the courtyard of the Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. federal courthouse in Miami.

Apparently she is going to let what grow be what grows at Storm King. It would be fun to plant wildflowers on the waves.


Maya Lin's “Wave Field,” her new earthwork project at the Storm King Art Center.

"The Wave Field" 1995. Shaped earth; 100 x 100 feet. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Hitsujiyama Park in Chichibu, Japan

Moss Phlox in bloom...