"Ship of Fools" made from a giant map
New Zealand designer Fletcher Vaughan made this sculpture of a boat &mdash his modernized objectified version of the Ship of Fools allegory &mdash out of a giant map of the world. He folded it origami-style and placed it out by a waterfront, where it could be swept by wind into the sea or drenched and destroyed by rain. "The illusion of simple paper construction," he writes, "represents the fragility of our planet and its inhabitants in the present day."
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IWood on "Ship of Fools" made from a gi...
"#2--yeah, my thought exactly. But, ooo! Look! LOOK AT MY CLEVER ALLEGORY...."
st vincent on "Ship of Fools" made from a gi...
"Um... is that plastic packing tape that I see? Is contributing to the Gr..."
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"Would ne mice if the picture represent a map in any way. Looks like cardboard t..."
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ChrisL
#1 – 6:54 PM August 10, 2009
Would ne mice if the picture represent a map in any way. Looks like cardboard taped up to resemble a small boat.
Where's the map?
st vincent
#2 – 8:50 AM August 11, 2009
Um... is that plastic packing tape that I see? Is contributing to the Great Pacific Floating Plastic Island part of the artistic statement?
IWood
#3 – 10:52 AM August 11, 2009
#2--yeah, my thought exactly. But, ooo! Look! LOOK AT MY CLEVER ALLEGORY.