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Eloquent shadows made from recycled newspapers by Spanish architectural collective Meva.
First, they folded hundreds of old newspaper pages into windmills. Next, the windmills were hung up on nylon mesh to create suspended sculptures. This simple act provided shade to anyone who happened to pass by.
“The windmills are organized to provide shadow with a simple changing pattern,” says Meva. “Each of them rotates and balances on its own to the rhythm of the gentle summer breeze.”
The project itself was undertaken after the London Municipal center found that 100 extra tons of paper waste are created by newspapers.Who wants to put these around Denton? Eh? Eh?
I had an architecture TA once who told me that the reason she loved architecture so much was because it’s a practical art form. That it was the only practical art form. This statement has bothered me since I heard it, but I never knew why. I figured out a few days ago that it’s because art isn’t suppose to be practical. Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely love architecture, but that is not why. I just feel like this TA has completely misunderstood art. I feel the need to write her an anonymous letter and tell her so.
