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Posted by AceNik on Jul 30, 2009•
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Nothing ever gets lost in Staples City. Until Office Godzilla destroys it.
Peter Root, the artist, describes his work:
Low-Rise is a precarious assemblage of thousands of free-standing stacks of staples densely tessellated to create a city-like mosaic. Like a city, the staples are subject to the elements, on a micro scale. The slightest breath or vibration and the domino effect kicks in.
In other words, a bureaucrat’s paradise. [Peter Root]
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