Monday, December 10, 2007
A Spider Plant
Comments:
I am confused as to the scale of this. In fact it almost looks like a model but one where the model maker has used components of different levels of miniaturisation.
And surely spider plants, even ones not actively running away, are the most un-Japanese of objects. All the ones I've known have been unruly and unkempt.
Maybe this spider plant has committed hari-kiri. It's amazing but the urge to pick the pot up and stand it up straight is very strong.
An amazing picture: nominally, there is nothing going for it but, as Colin points out, the Gulliver-like shifts in scale leave one looking and looking. The serried edge of the wall with the building behind is a compositional plus.
This cone is huge! Its domination is very well staged and is the base of the story. The wall is the decor, this is a live theatre!
My limited experience with spider plants is that they are always trying to escape -- and often succeed -- though it is hard to tell where this one is likely to get on such a hard surface.
The scale, as mentioned, is difficult to pin down -- it would seem that is either a huge cone or a very small plant. The block wall reminds me of the Rubik's Cube toys. I'm still enjoying the square format and here it is squares within the square. An intriguing image.
I found this almost tragic. The dominant and upright cone showing its superiority over the defeated plant. Perhaps even a game of chess.....................
The background, a sea of contrasting square & rectangular shapes, is what caught my attention. There is an interesting 'balance' to this image, and seems a little more real that the flower plant is knocked over, as it might/did occcur.
and I also found myself thinking about the 'coneheads', a skit from the TV show, Saturday Night Live (SNL) and what might be their interior decorating.
Thanks all. The cone is around a metre tall. It had been windy the previous night and it's always good to walk around the next morning to see some of the uniformity of Tokyo broken up. A few days later this plant had gone - no doubt taken inside for a warmer winter. However, the cone still remains outside...
Post a Comment
And surely spider plants, even ones not actively running away, are the most un-Japanese of objects. All the ones I've known have been unruly and unkempt.
An amazing picture: nominally, there is nothing going for it but, as Colin points out, the Gulliver-like shifts in scale leave one looking and looking. The serried edge of the wall with the building behind is a compositional plus.
The scale, as mentioned, is difficult to pin down -- it would seem that is either a huge cone or a very small plant. The block wall reminds me of the Rubik's Cube toys. I'm still enjoying the square format and here it is squares within the square. An intriguing image.
and I also found myself thinking about the 'coneheads', a skit from the TV show, Saturday Night Live (SNL) and what might be their interior decorating.