Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya unveils powerful & timely installation in Meatpacking District
The installation from the NYC Commission on Human Rights and Public Artist in Residence Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya integrates visual art and technology to create a large-scale sculptural representation of the stories of survivors.
NEW YORK, NY
.- The New York City Commission on Human Rights announces the latest work from Public Artist in Residence (PAIR) Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya entitled May We Know Our Own Strength. Located in Meatpacking District in partnership with the local Business Improvement District (BID), the interactive installation transforms the accounts of survivors of sexual and gender-based violence into large, room-scale sculptures. The installation employs sixteen internet-connected printers, placed in a high-traffic storefront window, that will relay anonymous survivors stories provided through an online submission form.
How the Chicxulub Impactor gave rise to modern rainforests
New and improved plant sex: Plants produced attractive flowers containing sugary rewards for insects who carry pollen (basically the male sperm of the plants) to other flowers, helping plants reproduce. This strategy was so successful that flowering plants took over tropical forests, and the world.
WASHINGTON, DC
.- Tropical rainforests today are biodiversity hotspots and play an important role in the worlds climate systems. A new study published in Science sheds light on the origins of modern rainforests and may help scientists understand how rainforests will respond to a rapidly changing climate in the future.
Calder-Picasso: Two giants of modernity meet at the de Young museum
Triple Gong, ca. 1948. Brass, sheet metal, wire, and paint, 39 x 75 x 2 3/4 in.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
.-The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco are presenting Calder-Picasso at the de Young museum. Conceived by the artists grandsons Alexander S. C. Rower and Bernard Ruiz-Picasso, it is the first major museum exhibition to explore the formal resonances between the works of Alexander Calder and Pablo Picasso, two of the most innovative and influential artists of the 20th century. In more than 100 paintings, sculptures, drawings, and photographsincluding many iconic worksthe exhibition presents a compelling presentation of the artists exploration of the void, or the absence of space, which they defined from the figure through to abstraction.