Yukinori Yanagi's flags
I'm heading out to vote in Super-duper Tuesday's primary and am feeling a bit political... so today's posting are about Yukinori Yanagi's ant farm flags. Above is The World Flag Ant Farm (1990) which consists of 170 ant farms, each of which has its sand in the configuration of a nation's flag. Over the course of the exhibition, the ants shift the sand around and build a nest.
This Japanese flag is from Asia-Pacific Ant Farm (1990) in which provides the ants a tube pathway between the flags of Asian-Pacific countries.
This last image is Studies in American Art: Three Flags (2000). I imagine most of my readers recognize the homage to Jasper Johns's Three Flags. Labels: generative art, kinetic, political art
posted by Ethan at
9:39 AM
3 Comments:
The idea of using ants to add an element of randomness reminds me of Denise Tassin's beautiful watercolors that utilize the movements of worms (no worms were harmed etc., though perhaps they had to suffer some embarrassment when they returned to their pals in the dirt, given their new paint-jobs!) ;-)
I saw Yukinori Yanagi's flag installation at the Tate Modern and it was fascinating, my favorite in the entire museum. Great analysis here!
I love this piece.
Thanks for the recent blog post! I checked out your website and your work is very cool. I'll add your blog to my regular blog bookmarks. Add me to your mailing list too.
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