Memory Lane: mini men melting a sign of the times

Memory Lane: mini men melting a sign of the times:
Global warming is in the news at the moment, paradoxically because the US Presidential candidates are refusing to talk about it. So Beautiful Crime will. Today we’re revisiting part of Brazilian artist Nele Azevedo’s programme of installations ‘Minimum Monument’, which she began in 2005.

‘Minimum Monument’ was originally intended as a critical reading of monuments in big cities; she carved little ice figures and placed them on steps and around public spaces, giving these tiny ephemeral people centre stage among the heroes those monuments were meant for. Though Azevedo never set out to be an environmental campaigner, because they melted, and because thousands of people saw them, the ice figures were inevitably adopted as symbols of climate change; in September 2009 she collaborated with the World Wildlife Fund to create ‘Melting Men’ on the steps of the Concert Hall in Berlin’s Gendarmenmarkt.

Azevedo sculpted 1000 figures and left them out in 23 degrees C/73F heat. They started to melt within half an hour, and shortly after that there was nothing left of the installation except photographs and a large puddle. This was a small-scale representation of what could happen if the ice caps in Greenland and the Arctic are allowed to melt – photographic evidence that they once existed and, rather than just a puddle, rising sea levels with potentially devastating consequences.
by Jennie Gillions



Images from unurth.com and neleazevedo.com.br

Imaginary Doors (and the people who pass by them)

Imaginary Doors (and the people who pass by them):
Jonas Leclasse has a simple and beautiful project.
Step one: I simply draw chalk door on walls.
Step two: I offer passerby to portrait them with my imaginary door.
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As simple as that.

From St Denis, a cosmopolitan working-class town in the suburb of Paris.

Aryz and Os Gemeos for Galeria Urban Forms

Aryz and Os Gemeos for Galeria Urban Forms:

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Os Gemeos and Aryz are the latest artist to complete a mural in Lodz, Poland for the Galeria Urban Forms. Hopefully this piece doesn’t cause as much controversy as other recent works featuring nudity or Os Gemeos’ characters, because it would be a real shame if this piece had to be buffed.
Photo by Aryz

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Green Pedestrian Crossing in China Creates Leaves from Footprints

Green Pedestrian Crossing in China Creates Leaves from Footprints:







Jody Xiong of DDB China in conjunction with the China Environmental Protection Foundation created this wonderful outdoor campaign to create a subtle visual reminder of the environmental benefits of walking versus driving. Enormous white canvases with a bare tree were placed across 132 crosswalks in 15 Chinese cities. As pedestrians crossed their shoe soles were imprinted with a small amount of green paint, leaving behind a trail of leaf-like footprints. BBD estimated that nearly 3,920,000 people passed through the installations, and the final posters were eventually hung has billboards in several urban locations. Awesome! (via moeity)

Urban Origami Installations on the Streets of Hong Kong and Vietnam by Mademoiselle Maurice

Urban Origami Installations on the Streets of Hong Kong and Vietnam by Mademoiselle Maurice:








This summer French paper artist Mademoiselle Maurice (previously) took her unique style of urban origami installation to the streets of Hong Kong and Vietnam where she created some of the pieces shown here. To be clear, the octagonal pieces above were created in Paris just prior to her trip to Asia which you can learn more about (plus see many more photos) on her website.

Banksy Goes to the Olympics

Banksy Goes to the Olympics:


It looks like a potential crackdown on graffiti artists prior to the 2012 olympics in London didn’t involve the world’s most famous street artist. Two new pieces by Banksy were posted to his website this morning featuring his personal take on the games. I feel the same as Bobby over at The Fox is Black in hoping there’s more to come.

Acid Illustrations and Street Art by Smithe

Acid Illustrations and Street Art by Smithe:

It's really cool to see how an artist create his own universe by assimilating and creating relationships between symbols and images. Smithe got a serious relation with the concepts of construction, destruction, structure and the self as we can see on most of his artworks.

You can see more stunning artworks like these at his Tumblr, also follow him on Twitter






















Smithe @ D.F. - Balbuena from TONY DELFINO on Vimeo.

About the author

My name is Marcos Torres, I'm Graphic Artist from Porto Alegre, Brasil. You can get to know more about me by acessing my Personal Website or by following me on Twitter: @marcos333. You can also see some of my last projects at my Flickr.

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