Oct 6th, 2017: The Fragile Giant

xoxoxoBruce · 10-05-2017, 10:25 PM

Of course he isn’t real. I take that back, he is real just not a real live Elephant.
Artist Jonty Hurwitz made him by multiphoton lithography… think 3-D printing technique.
Called The Fragile Giant and measuring only 0.157 mm (0.0062 in) tall.

Isn’t he cute? He’s also the smallest man-made object ever filmed.
He was filmed image by image with a scanning electron microscope.

The link says it was created to raise awareness about the plight of elephants threatened by ivory poaching and trafficking.
OK, that’s definitely a worthy cause I support. But I see statements like that so often. It seems to be SOP for any artsy project
to associate itself, attach itself, by claiming a worthy cause as the motivation.

Maybe I’m too cynical, but it seems an insurance policy, so if anyone says something derogatory about the piece/performance,
they can be attacked for being anti good cause.

Anyway cute Elephant

Link

glatt · 10-06-2017, 07:38 AM

That's extremely detailed for such a small object. They should show it standing in a pile of table salt, or on an actual finger.

limey · 10-06-2017, 11:20 AM

They did. Look at the inset pic!

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Gravdigr · 10-06-2017, 11:38 AM

Auction it off, donate the money, that's what will help the cause.

Cool.

Diaphone Jim · 10-06-2017, 11:56 AM

That is simply over-the-top amazing.
Elephants themselves are amazing creatures. It has been their incredible bad luck to have something that a few assholes want.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-06-2017, 01:48 PM

True, Elephants have displayed more social skills, memory, and reasoning resembling critical thinking, than the other animals studied including our cousin tree hangars.

Griff · 10-06-2017, 02:13 PM

Wait we can do this but we can't have functional politics,... weird.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-06-2017, 02:26 PM

Functional politics requires looking at the big picture. Maybe outlawing electron microscopes because scientists are not trustworthy. I heard that somewhere.

tombstone · 10-06-2017, 03:06 PM

Oh Bruce, that's perfect!

CujoDeSockpuppet · 10-06-2017, 06:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

True, Elephants have displayed more social skills, memory, and reasoning resembling critical thinking, than the other animals studied including our cousin tree hangars.

There are dolphins and whales too.

Leus · 10-06-2017, 10:19 PM

That's impressive technology.

Art?

Fuck modern artsy wankers. Art shouldn't need a title, let alone 2,000 words to make it so -- random photographs, or some string hanging from the ceiling, or a dark room with some boring movie on loop, or some sticks haphardly glued together, that stuff need a fucking manual to "appreciate" it.

My work explores the relationship between Pre-raphaelite tenets and UFO sightings.

With influences as diverse as Caravaggio and Andy Warhol, new combinations are manufactured from both traditional and modern textures.

Ever since I was a teenager I have been fascinated by the theoretical limits of the zeitgeist. What starts out as vision soon becomes finessed into a carnival of defeat, leaving only a sense of unreality and the inevitability of a new reality.

As subtle replicas become clarified through boundaried and academic practice, the viewer is left with a clue to the possibilities of our era.

Fucking hate that shit.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-06-2017, 10:35 PM

But Leus, I read recently of a gallery or museum, can't remember the details, didn't adequately label an art installation and came in the following morning to find the janitors had trashed it overnight.

Diaphone Jim · 10-07-2017, 11:57 AM

They say elephants can't jump, but I have seen pictures of them dancing.
Rough calculations show that about 600 of these little beauties could dance on the head of a pin. Of at least fit, so maybe a hundred would have room to dance.

Don't care much for artsy wankers myself, otherwise I don't think I know what he said.

Gravdigr · 10-07-2017, 01:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Diaphone Jim

...otherwise I don't think I know what he said.

10-05-2017, 10:25 PM	#1
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Oct 6th, 2017: The Fragile Giant Of course he isn’t real. I take that back, he is real just not a real live Elephant. Artist Jonty Hurwitz made him by multiphoton lithography… think 3-D printing technique. Called The Fragile Giant and measuring only 0.157 mm (0.0062 in) tall. Isn’t he cute? He’s also the smallest man-made object ever filmed. He was filmed image by image with a scanning electron microscope. The link says it was created to raise awareness about the plight of elephants threatened by ivory poaching and trafficking. OK, that’s definitely a worthy cause I support. But I see statements like that so often. It seems to be SOP for any artsy project to associate itself, attach itself, by claiming a worthy cause as the motivation. Maybe I’m too cynical, but it seems an insurance policy, so if anyone says something derogatory about the piece/performance, they can be attacked for being anti good cause. Anyway cute Elephant Link __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-06-2017, 11:20 AM	#3
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	They did. Look at the inset pic! Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

10-06-2017, 11:38 AM	#4
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Auction it off, donate the money, that's what will help the cause. Cool. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

10-06-2017, 01:48 PM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	True, Elephants have displayed more social skills, memory, and reasoning resembling critical thinking, than the other animals studied including our cousin tree hangars. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-06-2017, 02:13 PM	#7
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Wait we can do this but we can't have functional politics,... weird. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

10-06-2017, 07:38 AM	#2
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	That's extremely detailed for such a small object. They should show it standing in a pile of table salt, or on an actual finger.

10-06-2017, 11:56 AM	#5
Diaphone Jim Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northern California Posts: 2,122	That is simply over-the-top amazing. Elephants themselves are amazing creatures. It has been their incredible bad luck to have something that a few assholes want.

10-06-2017, 02:26 PM	#8
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Functional politics requires looking at the big picture. Maybe outlawing electron microscopes because scientists are not trustworthy. I heard that somewhere. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-06-2017, 03:06 PM	#9
tombstone Disorderly Orderly Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 53	LOL Oh Bruce, that's perfect!

10-06-2017, 10:19 PM	#11
Leus Abecedarian Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Chile Posts: 179	That's impressive technology. Art? Fuck modern artsy wankers. Art shouldn't need a title, let alone 2,000 words to make it so -- random photographs, or some string hanging from the ceiling, or a dark room with some boring movie on loop, or some sticks haphardly glued together, that stuff need a fucking manual to "appreciate" it. My work explores the relationship between Pre-raphaelite tenets and UFO sightings. With influences as diverse as Caravaggio and Andy Warhol, new combinations are manufactured from both traditional and modern textures. Ever since I was a teenager I have been fascinated by the theoretical limits of the zeitgeist. What starts out as vision soon becomes finessed into a carnival of defeat, leaving only a sense of unreality and the inevitability of a new reality. As subtle replicas become clarified through boundaried and academic practice, the viewer is left with a clue to the possibilities of our era. Fucking hate that shit.

10-06-2017, 10:35 PM	#12
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	But Leus, I read recently of a gallery or museum, can't remember the details, didn't adequately label an art installation and came in the following morning to find the janitors had trashed it overnight. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-07-2017, 11:57 AM	#13
Diaphone Jim Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northern California Posts: 2,122	They say elephants can't jump, but I have seen pictures of them dancing. Rough calculations show that about 600 of these little beauties could dance on the head of a pin. Of at least fit, so maybe a hundred would have room to dance. Don't care much for artsy wankers myself, otherwise I don't think I know what he said.

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