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Detail of “Baden-Baden Satellite Reef.” All images courtesy of Museum Frieder Burda, shared with permission
A new reportA report released by an Australian agency this week claims that the 1,400-mile Great Barrier Reef has suffered its sixth mass bleaching. This latest catastrophe, which occurs when temperatures rise, affected approximately 91 percent the marine ecosystems that are brightly colored. Artists like ChristineAnd MargaretWertheim responds with stunning displays of what could ever be lost forever
The California-born, Australia-born sisters founded the Crochet Coral ReefProject to combat the devastations caused by bleaching in 2005 Over–Tourism, fishing, and agricultural contaminations by sprawling, labor-intensive environment. More than 40,000. of the oceanic works can be viewed at the Museum Frieder BurdaBaden-Baden. The gallery was transformed into textured ecosystems that rest on top of pillars. Glass cases protected the gallery. The Wertheims explain the project.
Like the organic beings they emulate, these handmade sculptures take time to make—time that is condensed in the millions of stitches on display; time that is running out for earthly creatures, including humans and cnidarians. The Reef project relies on time as a framework. As CO2 levels increase in our atmosphere, time is becoming increasingly scarce. What we choose to focus our time on is a reflection our values.
Crochet Coral Reef aims to involve local communities.Nearly 20,000 people have contributed fiber-based forms to the fabric, with approximatelyBaden-Baden saw 5,000 people participate in the show. Since debuting at the 2019 Venice Biennale, the exhibition has traveled to more than 20 spaces from London and Dublin to Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C., and will be on view at the Museum Frieder Burda until June 26. Satellite project complimentaryIt is also available at the Tang Teaching MuseumSaratoga Springs, New York, June 12 through December 12.
Visit the Crochet Coral Reef siteFor more information about the project, and to view the textile organisms in person, click here You may also like Mulyana’s yarn ecosystems. (via artnet)
Detail of “Baden-Baden Satellite Reef,” part of the worldwide Crochet Coral Reef project
Detail of “Baden-Baden Satellite Reef,” part of the worldwide Crochet Coral Reef project
Detail of “Baden-Baden Satellite Reef”
“Red Nudibranch Reef” (2022). Photo © IFF by Rebecca Rickman
Detail of “Baden-Baden Satellite Reef”
“Baden-Baden Satellite Reef”
Detail of “Baden-Baden Satellite Reef”
“Coral Forest” at Lehigh University Art Galleries, Pennsylvania. Photo courtesy of LUAG, Stephanie Veto
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