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U9497
07.04.1997
Jake and Dinos Chapman's five proposals for an empty plinth situated on central londons trafalgar square - Jake and Dinos Chapman
Unbuilt Roads
commissioned by liberal daily broadsheet newspaper ironically suggesting the most unsuitable artists possible to produce the most unsuitable public sculpture never to be realized: ha ha ha, very funny we suggest one of the following: project 'Hawki ...
commissioned by liberal daily broadsheet newspaper ironically suggesting the most unsuitable artists possible to produce the most unsuitable public sculpture never to be realized: ha ha ha, very funny we suggest one of the following: project 'Hawki ...
W4426
25.05.2011
The Unicorn Lake - Yona Friedman
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The Unicorn Lake Project for the lake of sculptures of Vassivière island, France July 2009 On the lake of Vassivière After creating in 2009, in the framework of the exhibition Etc. Balkis Island, The Vassivière Unicorn ("Unicorn Eiffel"), a sculp ...
The Unicorn Lake Project for the lake of sculptures of Vassivière island, France July 2009 On the lake of Vassivière After creating in 2009, in the framework of the exhibition Etc. Balkis Island, The Vassivière Unicorn ("Unicorn Eiffel"), a sculp ...
W4436
25.05.2011
Lucy Hawthorne
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I imagined the toothpick sculpture project as a lighthearted, easy to produce artwork - a method of shoehorning myself out of my artmaking slumber. 3000 toothpicks and 4 months later and I've barely made a dent. How does this object swallow so many toothp ...
I imagined the toothpick sculpture project as a lighthearted, easy to produce artwork - a method of shoehorning myself out of my artmaking slumber. 3000 toothpicks and 4 months later and I've barely made a dent. How does this object swallow so many toothp ...
W3925
20.05.2011
Proposal for Witches Memorial in Salem MA - Ed Levine
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Proposal for Witches Memorial in Salem MA Giving voice to Witches Each of the 17 sculptural element is a musical instrument. Compressed air is cycled randomly through the internal pipe in each element. Consequently the sound will project around the si ...
Proposal for Witches Memorial in Salem MA Giving voice to Witches Each of the 17 sculptural element is a musical instrument. Compressed air is cycled randomly through the internal pipe in each element. Consequently the sound will project around the si ...
W4968
22.08.2012
50 Unrealized Artwork Recipes - Greg Sholette
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50 Unrealized Artwork Recipes See PDF ...
50 Unrealized Artwork Recipes See PDF ...
W4236
24.05.2011
Monumental sculpture of an over-scaled sitting nude woman in the Thames River in London.  - Tamas Jovanovics
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Tamas Jovanovics (www.contemporary.hu) Monumental sculpture of an over-scaled sitting nude woman in the Thames River in London. Project presented for the ‘London 2012’ Cultural Olympiad ('Artists taking the lead', London) Commission brief: Ar ...
Tamas Jovanovics (www.contemporary.hu) Monumental sculpture of an over-scaled sitting nude woman in the Thames River in London. Project presented for the ‘London 2012’ Cultural Olympiad ('Artists taking the lead', London) Commission brief: Ar ...
W4483
25.05.2011
Transformation #2 - Samuel Levack and Jennifer Lewandowski
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Transformation #2 2003 Mixed media installation Dimension variable A sculptural installation created as a partial remake of the film 'The Big Blue' (1988). Made up of an assemblage of collected, found and fabricated objects, including hundreds of sh ...
Transformation #2 2003 Mixed media installation Dimension variable A sculptural installation created as a partial remake of the film 'The Big Blue' (1988). Made up of an assemblage of collected, found and fabricated objects, including hundreds of sh ...
W4429
25.05.2011
The Snow Leopard Garden - Yutaka Sone
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Yutaka Sone The Snow Leopard Garden Project for the wood of sculptures of Vassivière island, France July 2009 In the meadow, in the front of the Centre international d’art et du paysage and the dam In the framework of his solo exhibition for t ...
Yutaka Sone The Snow Leopard Garden Project for the wood of sculptures of Vassivière island, France July 2009 In the meadow, in the front of the Centre international d’art et du paysage and the dam In the framework of his solo exhibition for t ...
W5381
19.10.2012
Two projects for the World Government Building  - Samuil Stoyanov
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Two projects for the World Government Building by Samuil Stoyanov – visual artist These are two of three objects which I made 2009 – 2010, as a metaphoric, utopian projects for the future building of the World Government Office. This institu ...
Two projects for the World Government Building by Samuil Stoyanov – visual artist These are two of three objects which I made 2009 – 2010, as a metaphoric, utopian projects for the future building of the World Government Office. This institu ...
W3537
11.05.2011
‘Against the fall’ - Sarah Luedemann
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Project outline (Version Ia): ‘Against the fall’ consists of a fully functioning white parachute and about 300 (or more) A4 rejection letters from art students and artists worldwide, which are printed onto the parachute. The parachute as such is ...
Project outline (Version Ia): ‘Against the fall’ consists of a fully functioning white parachute and about 300 (or more) A4 rejection letters from art students and artists worldwide, which are printed onto the parachute. The parachute as such is ...
W5004
30.08.2012
Gerd/Gerda - Peter Friedl
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Peter Friedl Gerd/Gerda, 2002 Proposal “Art Competition Federal Chancellery”, Berlin, 2002 The project proposal (working title) attempts to quite consciously grasp the announced requirements, expectations, limitations, and goals as the materia ...
Peter Friedl Gerd/Gerda, 2002 Proposal “Art Competition Federal Chancellery”, Berlin, 2002 The project proposal (working title) attempts to quite consciously grasp the announced requirements, expectations, limitations, and goals as the materia ...
W5012
30.08.2012
Stalactite Machine - Karen Lofgren
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Stalactite Machine is an unrealized mechanical sculpture that was prototyped 3 times in metal and in wood over two years before being laid to rest. Karen Lofgren: Unrealized Art Project: Stalactite Machine Stalactite Machine is a sculpture that bui ...
Stalactite Machine is an unrealized mechanical sculpture that was prototyped 3 times in metal and in wood over two years before being laid to rest. Karen Lofgren: Unrealized Art Project: Stalactite Machine Stalactite Machine is a sculpture that bui ...
W3679
16.05.2011
William Livingstone house Detroit Project 2010 submitted to United States Artists Projects - Vincent Johnson
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The project I am engaged in is the production of a three-foot tall sculpture on a table-top of the collapsed William Livingstone house in Detroit. This is important to me as it represents a metaphorical revisiting of my past, as this Detroit home represen ...
The project I am engaged in is the production of a three-foot tall sculpture on a table-top of the collapsed William Livingstone house in Detroit. This is important to me as it represents a metaphorical revisiting of my past, as this Detroit home represen ...
W3682
16.05.2011
Nick Crowe and Ian Rawlinson
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Two Barges is a proposal for a pair of illuminated signs to be ferried around the island of Manhattan using the Hudson, Harlem and East Rivers.   The signs will be made from panels of tungsten lightbulbs fixed to a supporting metal rig.   The letters wi ...
Two Barges is a proposal for a pair of illuminated signs to be ferried around the island of Manhattan using the Hudson, Harlem and East Rivers.   The signs will be made from panels of tungsten lightbulbs fixed to a supporting metal rig.   The letters wi ...
W3672
15.05.2011
An Island - jeroen doorenweerd
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An Island' is a proposal for a large scale work in public space, commissioned by the province of North-Holland in the Netherlands. 'Kunstgebouw' was involved with the choice of artists. My proposal will not be realised. How many kubic metres of soil ca ...
An Island' is a proposal for a large scale work in public space, commissioned by the province of North-Holland in the Netherlands. 'Kunstgebouw' was involved with the choice of artists. My proposal will not be realised. How many kubic metres of soil ca ...
W10709
05.09.2014
Terminator – Final proposal to the Jerwood Foundation 2008 - Jonathan Parsons
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This proposal was made following the Foundation’s invitation to produce this work. Unfortunately the project was eventually halted due to a lack of funds. Introduction Making Terminator into a substantial, powerful artwork necessitates a development ...
This proposal was made following the Foundation’s invitation to produce this work. Unfortunately the project was eventually halted due to a lack of funds. Introduction Making Terminator into a substantial, powerful artwork necessitates a development ...
W3501
11.05.2011
The Replacement Weather - Rebecca Hackemann
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The Replacement Weather consists of replacement clouds for replacement weather, consisting of sculptural light installation. In case the real clouds become defunct, obsolete or unusable, I am proposing a quasi spoof proposal format of a light and sculptur ...
The Replacement Weather consists of replacement clouds for replacement weather, consisting of sculptural light installation. In case the real clouds become defunct, obsolete or unusable, I am proposing a quasi spoof proposal format of a light and sculptur ...
W4081
23.05.2011
Présentation du projet: « FREE », - Kasia Ozga
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FREE (Sculpture in steel with real or fake birds) La question des rapports désirables entre les êtres humains et leur environnement est devenue une des plus importants de notre temps. Le passage du temps peut être ressenti avec le corps et pensée c ...
FREE (Sculpture in steel with real or fake birds) La question des rapports désirables entre les êtres humains et leur environnement est devenue une des plus importants de notre temps. Le passage du temps peut être ressenti avec le corps et pensée c ...
W5359
19.10.2012
Malignant Ego Boxes - Levan Manjavidze
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Idea for installation, sculpture, which is impossible to realize for me at the moment because of time that runs so fast! One peaceful evening I observed feeling of jealousy and clearly saw that its similar of feeling envy.
In both cases you long fo ...
Idea for installation, sculpture, which is impossible to realize for me at the moment because of time that runs so fast! One peaceful evening I observed feeling of jealousy and clearly saw that its similar of feeling envy.
In both cases you long fo ...
W3841
19.05.2011
God's ear wax - Janice Perry
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"God's ear wax." Large sculpture for public space. Multiple media. Conceived 2004/2011. Janice Perry. B. 1950. USA. The sculpture is comprised of an extremely large ball of wax (with a very high melting point), 100-500 feet in diameter, dark golden br ...
"God's ear wax." Large sculpture for public space. Multiple media. Conceived 2004/2011. Janice Perry. B. 1950. USA. The sculpture is comprised of an extremely large ball of wax (with a very high melting point), 100-500 feet in diameter, dark golden br ...
W5499
09.11.2012
CUBICAL PROGRESSION  - Ada Avetist
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Status: This project runs in the spirit of “concrete Utopia”, a project which is yet to be realized. This implies that it might take the duration of my lifetime to realize this work, but has to be realized at some point because I believe in its potent ...
Status: This project runs in the spirit of “concrete Utopia”, a project which is yet to be realized. This implies that it might take the duration of my lifetime to realize this work, but has to be realized at some point because I believe in its potent ...
W5214
06.10.2012
Pentahedrices - Stephen Da Lay
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Stephen M. Da Lay has met the requirements for the Marjorie Schiele Prize. He received his BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute in 1989, and his work has been shown nationally and internationally. Stephen’s work has been exhibited at 2nd Penang I ...
Stephen M. Da Lay has met the requirements for the Marjorie Schiele Prize. He received his BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute in 1989, and his work has been shown nationally and internationally. Stephen’s work has been exhibited at 2nd Penang I ...
W3981
21.05.2011
Stuart Keeler
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Aurora is a sculptural work that connects the citizen to the street with seating, lighting and sculptural forms. The work offers daytime and nighttime animation with a sculptural gesture of the familiar forms. Powered by a series of low wattage LED light ...
Aurora is a sculptural work that connects the citizen to the street with seating, lighting and sculptural forms. The work offers daytime and nighttime animation with a sculptural gesture of the familiar forms. Powered by a series of low wattage LED light ...
W10583
18.06.2014
Downriver - Jonathan Parsons
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proposal for the 2010 Spitalfields Sculpture Prize Downriver further develops my established practice of making ‘dissected’ map sculptures. Previously, I have taken actual source maps and cut away everything from them except one particular visual e ...
proposal for the 2010 Spitalfields Sculpture Prize Downriver further develops my established practice of making ‘dissected’ map sculptures. Previously, I have taken actual source maps and cut away everything from them except one particular visual e ...
W5483
22.10.2012
How much spices? - Mirna Arsovska
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International İstanbul Biennial Proposal for interactive installation “How much spices?” by Mirna Arsovska A: TEHNICAL DESCRIPTION 1. Exhibition space Large enough space / hall, separated in tree colored segments: black, grey, white 2. O ...
International İstanbul Biennial Proposal for interactive installation “How much spices?” by Mirna Arsovska A: TEHNICAL DESCRIPTION 1. Exhibition space Large enough space / hall, separated in tree colored segments: black, grey, white 2. O ...
W3616
13.05.2011
Fountion of Steam - Scott Hillman
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This was a project i designed for a sculpture park, as a water element of such.. The owner didn't want a water feature and rejected it. As such it was never implimented though i made an estimate for around 2000.00 to build. The idea of it quite simply ...
This was a project i designed for a sculpture park, as a water element of such.. The owner didn't want a water feature and rejected it. As such it was never implimented though i made an estimate for around 2000.00 to build. The idea of it quite simply ...