Darwin's Canopy: Art inspired by evolution

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	Darwin's Canopy: Art inspired by evolution

iskandar

6-14-2008 5:05 AM

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6-14-2008 7:16 AM

skwirlinator

Awesome!

Y'no, I've seen something like this before....Outside...

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/c13ec6e3-f1c9-4d9d-9bbc-4dc73a85e629/7AEF3514-C8C4-4084-A7DF-1CC5380FC3EE/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14122-darwins-canopy-art-inspired-by-evolution.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news3_head_dn14122" href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14122-darwins-canopy-art-inspired-by-evolution.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news3_head_dn14122" style="font-size: 11px;">www.newscientist.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14122-darwins-canopy-art-inspired-by-evolution.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news3_head_dn14122"><H2 class="inline">Darwin's Canopy: Art inspired by evolution</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14122-darwins-canopy-art-inspired-by-evolution.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news3_head_dn14122"><P>London's Natural History Museum is to decorate the ceiling of one of its major rooms with a permanent art installation, inspired by evolutionary theory, in honour of Charles Darwin's bicentennial. The 10 shortlisted entrants have now been announced and their ideas are on display.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14122-darwins-canopy-art-inspired-by-evolution.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news3_head_dn14122"><div align="center"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/z9IX_3bcJMo" height="329" width="400" wmode="opaque" quality="high" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14122-darwins-canopy-art-inspired-by-evolution.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news3_head_dn14122"><P>The artists include Turner Prize winners Rachel Whiteread and Mark Wallinger. Proposals include a large-scale sculpture of Darwin's "<A href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg17623680.300-from-bugs-to-birds-to-giant-reptiles-were-finally-growing-a-tree-of-life.html" linkindex="56">tree of life</A>" diagram, painted eyes from different animals, and panels indented with footprints.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14122-darwins-canopy-art-inspired-by-evolution.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news3_head_dn14122"><P>The chosen piece will be installed on the ceiling of the Central Hall, the previous decorations of which were lost in the 1970s.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14122-darwins-canopy-art-inspired-by-evolution.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news3_head_dn14122"><P>The final artwork will go on display on 12 February 2009, the 200th anniversary of <A href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg12717294.600-review-the-origin-of-darwins-despair-.html" linkindex="59">Darwin</A>'s birth.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/7AEF3514-C8C4-4084-A7DF-1CC5380FC3EE/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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