Artistic bridges

Ayşe Erkmen - On Water, 2017, ocean cargo containers, steel beams, steel grates, 6400 x 640 cm walkway, installation view, Skulptur Projekte Münster 2017, Münster, Germany feat

Ayşe Erkmen makes you walk on water

Installations / 3 minutes of reading

Erkmen’s On Water debuted at the 2017 international open-air exhibition, Sculpture Projects, in Münster, Germany. It became an instant hit with visitors who used her bridge to cross the canal. On Water was a temporary footbridge installation that was laid underwater in an abandoned basin on the Dortmund-Ems canal. Such was the scale of …

Ayşe Erkmen makes you walk on water Read More

Phillip K. Smith’s colorful Skybridge transforms Detroit’s skyline

Architecture, Installations, Light Installations / 3 minutes of reading

What is Detroit’s Skybridge? In Larned, Detroit, a towering bridge connects two skyscrapers. It’s a bridge that strikes from afar with its extraordinary grace. It combines the vintage-styled Guarding building and the iconic One Woodward. Soaring in the 16th floors of the buildings, it illuminates the street with its dancing and moving colors. The Skybridge …

Phillip K. Smith’s colorful Skybridge transforms Detroit’s skyline Read More

Why did Russian collective Voina paint this gigantic phallus?

Paintings, Performances, Street Art / 3 minutes of reading

Who is Voina? A group of Moscow art members, also known as the “Members of War” or more popularly as Voina have racked up quite the reputation for themselves as art rebels. The group is famous for faking gay beatings at local malls or portraying Russia’s federal museum director in an orgy. On the morning …

Why did Russian collective Voina paint this gigantic phallus? Read More

Stay in touch

Want inspiration in your inbox?