Extra Post: Brick Building

From the Knees of My Nose to the Belly of My Toes:

I love this piece because of the sheer size and the fact that British designer Alex Chinneck has changed what someone might mean when they say “that building has character.”

From the Knees of My Nose to the Belly of My Toes is a surreal display by British designer Alex Chinneck- October 3, 2013 

It took about 1 year to make this slumping, drooping house front. The building its self was an old 4 story structure with water and fire damaged. The large-scale installation was set to stay up for a year before the building would be restored back to housing functions.

I found this really interesting because we often think of building as strong, study, and unmoving. But, in this case the building is slumping and appears “tired” while crumbling at the top. Personly I feel this relates to people. How in society were often expected to stay strong and mussel through the storms of life when mostly we just want to give up and fall apart. The fact that this building was damaged, then made “sluppy”, then rebuilt to be used I think can serve as an important lesson to people who feel like they can’t be weak sometimes.

“It serves a hard-to-miss surprise for locals who are left to speculate what happened, as Chinneck doesn’t like to put up signs or any indication that it is a manipulated artwork. In an interview with Dezeen, he says, ‘I just feel this incredible desire to create spectacles. I wanted to create something that used the simple pleasures of humor, illusion and theater to create an artwork that can be understood and enjoyed by any onlooker.’ ” -my modern met

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