An exiting project by US artist Bari Ziperstein is coming to Bristol as part of the 2012 Bristol Biennial. Ziperstein’s work explores America’s perverse love of excess and desire to hoard and collect through creative sculptural representation.
Plates donated by the Bristol public become the raw materials for a contemplative sculpture. The ordinariness of everyday meals transfigure into stupa-like stacks in the manner of a mandala.
The plates are a collection of ordinary and kitsch, telling the stories of Bristol’s residents, each affixed on the back with a commemorative sticker. As with Buddhist sand mandalas, which are swept aside, so is 1,095 dismantled by the community who donate the original materials.
Plates donated by the Bristol public become the raw materials for a contemplative sculpture. The ordinariness of everyday meals transfigure into stupa-like stacks in the manner of a mandala.
The plates are a collection of ordinary and kitsch, telling the stories of Bristol’s residents, each affixed on the back with a commemorative sticker. As with Buddhist sand mandalas, which are swept aside, so is 1,095 dismantled by the community who donate the original materials.
Donations of plates can be dropped off at the following Bristol locations:
Katie and Kim's Kitchen @ The Motorcycle Showroom
15-19 Stokes Croft
Bristol
BS1 3PY
15-19 Stokes Croft
Bristol
BS1 3PY
Royal West of England Academy Cafe
Queen’s Rd
Clifton
BS8 1PX
Queen’s Rd
Clifton
BS8 1PX
Zion Community Art Space
Bishopsworth Rd
Bedminster Down
BS13 7JW
Bishopsworth Rd
Bedminster Down
BS13 7JW
The Southville Centre
Beauley Rd
Southville
BS3 1QG
The Island
Cnr Nelson Street and Silver Street
Bristol
BS1 2LE
SU Bar @ Universtiy West EnglandBeauley Rd
Southville
BS3 1QG
The Island
Cnr Nelson Street and Silver Street
Bristol
BS1 2LE
Bower Ashton UWE
Kennel Lodge Road
Bristol BS3 2JT
