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07-03-2011, 06:40 AM
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2011/07/dedust.jpg When the Germans do something, they do it right -- or, at least big. German artist Aram Bartholl has created a slew of projects inspired by gaming (http://rhizome.org/commissions/proposal/2166/) and the Internet (http://datenform.de/blog/tag/map/), but his largest is a 1:1 scale model of the classic Counter Strike (http://www.joystiq.com/tag/counter-strike) map, Dust, that Bartholl wants installed as a large-scale public sculpture.
Bartholl plans to make the entire map out of concrete, with parts of it preserved in uncolored and untexturized abstract glory to "represent a petrified moment of cultural game space heritage." Bartholl is currently petitioning for $5500 in government funds to create the first stage of Dust, a 1:100 scale model of the map, and is scheduled to begin public promotion of the full project this fall. The video shows Bartholl's mini-mini-scale model of the map, and while that one may not be big, it is certainly done right.http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif (http://www.joystiq.com)German artist wants you to roll around in de_dust (http://www.joystiq.com/2011/07/02/german-artist-wants-you-to-roll-around-in-de_dust/) originally appeared on Joystiq (http://www.joystiq.com) on Sat, 02 Jul 2011 23:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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Bartholl plans to make the entire map out of concrete, with parts of it preserved in uncolored and untexturized abstract glory to "represent a petrified moment of cultural game space heritage." Bartholl is currently petitioning for $5500 in government funds to create the first stage of Dust, a 1:100 scale model of the map, and is scheduled to begin public promotion of the full project this fall. The video shows Bartholl's mini-mini-scale model of the map, and while that one may not be big, it is certainly done right.http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif (http://www.joystiq.com)German artist wants you to roll around in de_dust (http://www.joystiq.com/2011/07/02/german-artist-wants-you-to-roll-around-in-de_dust/) originally appeared on Joystiq (http://www.joystiq.com) on Sat, 02 Jul 2011 23:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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