60 Minute Man (architecture)
- 60 Minute Man (architecture)
60 Minute Man is an architectonic installation by Finnish architects Casagrande & Rintala for the Venice Biennale 2000. In the work Casagrande & Rintala had planted an oak forest into an abandoned barge on top of 60 minutes worth of biologically cleaned and composted human waste from the city of Venice. [ [http://www.contemporary-magazine.com/architech44.htm] - "Adam Mornament: When Attitude Becomes Form" Contemporary -magazine 2003 ]
New York Times architecture critic Herbert Muschamp chose the "60 Minute Man" his personal favourite of the biennale. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B05E3DF113BF930A15754C0A9669C8B63&sec=technology&spon=&pagewanted=3] - "New York Times" 2000 ]
Whitney's Floating Island
A similar work was realized by the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York 2005. The museum claims the work to be a realization of sketches of Robert Smithson done three years before he died in a plane crash in 1973. [ [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/16/arts/design/16floa.html?ex=1284523200&en=f2914036e49724ed&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss] - "Randy Kennedy: It's Not Easy Making Art That Floats " New York Times September 16, 2005 ]
References
External links
[http://tw.youtube.com/watch?v=zChQnBCbeOs 60 Minute Man (construction)] , video 3,4 min, Casagrande & Rintala, 2000
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