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Old 01-17-2012, 08:39 AM   #1
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January 17, 2012 The Obliteration Room

Start off with a completely white room - a canvas of sorts.



Give children lots of dot stickers.



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The white room is gradually obliterated over the course of the exhibition, the space changing measurably with the passage of time as the dots accumulate as a result of thousands and thousands of collaborators.


Discovered on This Is Colossal

Installation conceived by Yayoi Kusama: Look Now, See Forever
and shown in Queensland Gallery of Modern Art.


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First two images courtesy of Queensland Art Gallery and photographer Mark Sherwood.
The third image courtesy of Stuart Addelsee.

More images at:
flickr Stuart Addelsee
flickr HeyBubbles

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Old 01-17-2012, 08:48 AM   #2
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I like it.

Imagine if they gave each visitor gum to use instead?
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Old 01-17-2012, 10:42 AM   #3
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Did someone say gum??

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cindyfunk/921788898/

This is the Maid Rite drive thru in the greater Greenville Ohio area. The Maid Rite's are good if you don't get too grossed out driving past the gum art. I am a frequent contributor.
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Old 01-17-2012, 10:42 AM   #4
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I like it.

Imagine if they gave each visitor gum to use instead?
then you get the Seattle Gum Wall.

See, this is why they say careful what you ask for.
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Old 01-17-2012, 10:44 AM   #5
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Hiya bbuilder!

Nice find. Welcome to the cellar.
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Old 01-17-2012, 12:20 PM   #6
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Thanks, BigV. I've been a lurker for awhile. Your Seattle Gum Wall is much more colorful.

I really want to paint my basement white now and hand out stickers. I'll put it on my to-do list.

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Old 01-17-2012, 08:33 PM   #7
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Did someone say gum??

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cindyfunk/921788898/

This is the Maid Rite drive thru in the greater Greenville Ohio area. The Maid Rite's are good if you don't get too grossed out driving past the gum art. I am a frequent contributor.
Thanks for posting that, bbuilder. I've been to Maid Rite's a few times, though not for a few years now. As soon as I read that glatt mentioned using gum, I thought of "the loose meat sandwich place in Greenville...what's it called?"

How long has Maid Rite been there? It is pretty famous locally.

Welcome, fellow Ohioan!
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Old 01-17-2012, 09:38 PM   #8
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"the loose meat sandwich place in Greenville...what's it called?"
You make sandwiches out of hookers in Ohio?
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Old 01-17-2012, 09:40 PM   #9
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Only Hobo Hookers.
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Old 01-17-2012, 10:37 PM   #10
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That sounds like a fishing club who use old boots for bait.
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Old 01-18-2012, 12:08 AM   #11
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I like it.

Imagine if they gave each visitor gum to use instead?
When I was a kid, there was a ride at Six Flags theme park that had a tree you could reach from on the ride. Everybody stuck their gum there.
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Old 01-18-2012, 08:30 AM   #12
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You make sandwiches out of hookers in Ohio?
There are hookers in Ohio? gasp.

Maid Rite has been in Greenville since 1934 from what I can tell. Apparently things don't change there much which adds to the charm.
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Old 01-18-2012, 09:10 AM   #13
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On a more serious note, what the heck is a loose meat sandwich? How does it differ from a...sandwich.
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Old 01-18-2012, 09:17 AM   #14
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Crumbled beef. I don't know what all they use in them, but they're delish!
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Old 01-18-2012, 12:36 PM   #15
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Like a sloppy joe without the sauce holding it together?
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