Benjamin Verdonck is literally nesting. The Dutch artist built a giant human-sized nest on the side of the Weena skyscraper in Rotterdam. Nest Rotterdam hangs 50 meters above the street and was accomplished in six weeks. Check out the materials list after the jump...
According to the Nest Rotterdam website, artist Benjamin Verdonck used these materials:
The crowns of twenty-three silver birches. one birch one willow two straw bales one bucket of spit three bags of sand twelve buckets of glue nineteen cans of polyurethane foam
Via: Core77.
© 2009 Apartment Therapy
I think it wouldv'e been even more intersting if the materials used reflected what was in the actual building. If it were offices, then office supplies and furniture etc...
view GSLawrence's profile
How is it attached to the building?
view K T G's profile
Um, "one bucket of spit"??? Please tell me I'm reading that wrong.
view jooly's profile
Why?
view bepsf's profile
How long does it take one to fill an entire bucket with spit?
view ehat's profile
wow.!
view bluetoes's profile
I later came to this post and found the phrase "after the jump" more amusing than usual.
Apparently a bucket of spit must be part of the performance as well.
view K T G's profile
This seems to fit. Rotterdam is a bit kooky.
view bryan.nyc's profile