sculpture Archives - claudeverett

We Pinned an Unpinned Safety Pin for Safety Reason

January 6, 2018September 17, 2020yokoresearchart, life, sculpture, 2016, think twice

Pin, or Safety Pin, was invented by an american named Walter Hunt in 1849.

Landstrich

January 16, 2018March 23, 2024taospacepublic space, art, think twice, 2013, sculpture, competition, duisburg, germany, landscape

The green cycle path that runs through the heart of Thyssen-Krupp Steel’s large industrial site offers visitors a chance to pass through a monumental industrial landscape. Still in operation, 24 hours a day, here one is lost in time and adrift in history.

Tree Pot

January 19, 2018March 22, 2024taoobject2014, art, think twice, nature, sculpture, italy, appropriation, snow, pasturo

If you couldn’t find anything strange, please think twice.

In front of the building we live, there are three trees, two birches and one cherry, standing in snow. We collected some snow and made a pot for the cherry.

Cold

January 15, 2018September 17, 2020taoobjectart, 2014, think twice, sculpture

We made Cold to celebrate Yoko’s birthday. Yoko had been thinking for having a pinwheel for a long time. Therefore we decided to DIY some and put them together in a meaningful way.

It was just another autumn-like summer day in Valsassina, wet and chilly. A trembling character came into our mind. It was 冷 (lĕng), a Chinese character meaning cold in English. We made it out of pinwheels and put on the wall where strong wind arrives. In this way it materialized man’s sensation of ‘cold’ in an interactive way, and at the same time make the room even colder…