Le photographe américain Octavio Aburto a passé des années à photographier les profondeurs de l’océan. Avec son ami David Castro, ils sont tombés un jour sur des milliers de poissons lors d’une plongée dans la mer du parc national Cabo Pulmo au Mexique. L’occasion de faire une belle série de photos avec des poissons qui ont la forme d’une tornade.
Le photographe malte Kurt Arrigo n’a pas fini de nous envoûter avec ses photos de femmes figées sous l’eau, portant des robes et des voiles majestueux au milieu des poissons. Des moments de légèreté et d’apesanteur à travers des faisceaux lumineux qui transpercent la surface de l’eau sont à découvrir dans la suite.
Harley est le nom du court métrage réalisé par Tom Teller pour son année au Dodge College of Film and Media Arts. Plus de 200 heures de travail pour cette création narrant la relation compliquée entre Harley, un poisson peu avenant, et son nouveau propriétaire. A découvrir en vidéo dans la suite.
Pour la campagne de Fish Love, un association qui critique les pratiques massives et illégales de la pêche, le photographe Denis Rouvre a photographié des célébrités telles que le couturier Kenzo, l’actrice Gillian Anderson ou encore Aure Atika totalement nues, accompagnées de poisseaux. A découvrir dans la suite.
Coup de coeur pour le photographe thaïlandais Visarute Angkatavanich qui réalise de superbes clichés de poissons combattants. Des photos impressionnantes, qui mettent en avant la beauté de cette espèce des eaux douces tropicales du Sud-Est asiatique. A découvrir en images dans la suite de l’article.
A city for fish modelled on a high-rise development underway in Xi’an, China, has been installed in a gallery next to the construction site (+ slideshow).
Vienna-based artists Christian Lindle and Raoul Bukor worked with Beijing artist Lu Yang to install fish tanks shaped like skyscrapers in a gallery space next to a large urban development.
The tanks form a 1:60 scale model of the adjacent high-rises currently under construction.
One thousand five hundred Goldfish inhabit the glass towers to represent the people due to live in this development once complete.
“Fishpond City is inhabited by goldfish, an ancient Chinese symbol for luck, prosperity and fertility,” said the group of artists. “These residents act as a bridge to perception and empathy of urban space.”
At 1:60 scale a day lasts for 24 minutes and this accelerated passing of time is simulated by coloured LEDs housed in the smaller glass boxes.
The lights glow orange in the east to represent dawn, shine bright white at noon then fade to red for dusk. Sounds of early morning traffic, street markets and conversations are also played in the space.
Visitors can walk between the tanks, the tallest of which are around head-height.
To keep the tanks clean, water is syphoned under a glass floor etched with patterns of trees to signify parkland in the development. The water passes through a filtration system before being pumped back into the fish city.
The artists created the installation as an observation of the rapid urban development in the provincial capitals of central China.
“Fishpond City is a measuring tool for cultural identification of urban space and reflects on the high speed development of a society,” they said.
Other habitats for fish on Dezeen include Roger Arquer’s fifteen variations on traditional fishbowls and an aquarium shaped like a zeppelin.
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Photographs are by Clemens Schneider unless otherwise stated.
A city for fish in China’s booming centre
The Chinese hotspots of turbo urbanisation have shifted: the large construction sites, engines of economic growth have moved inland to the large provincial capitals, like Xi’an in Shaanxi. Literally thousands of high rises and shopping centres grow simultaneously, nerved by wide boulevards.
Vienna-based artists Raoul Bukor and Christian Lindle in cooperation with Beijing based artist Lu Yang emerged themselves into this radical change of space by erecting a city themselves: Fishpond City – a city for fish. This permanent installation is a true to scale model of a future district of Xi’an and located right next to the construction site.
Like a real city the model is a living system, influenced by ecological and demographic aspects. Fishpond City is inhabited by goldfish, an ancient Chinese symbol for luck, prosperity and fertility. These residents act as a bridge to perception and empathy of urban space. The installation is accompanied by 50 portraits showing the people involved in the construction of the new district as well as in its artistic interpretation, who after all accomplish Chinas urbanisation.
Fishpond City is a measuring tool for cultural identification of urban space and reflects on the high speed development of a society.
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Boil Up est un projet que Robert Hodgin a monté dans le cadre de l’exposition Moana, My Ocean à Auckland. L’artiste a recréé pour l’occasion une simulation 3D de l’effet « boil up », un agrégat de poissons devenant presque une structure vivante à part entière. Un travail incroyable et complexe à découvrir.
Dans le cadre de son exposition Goldfish Salvation à l’INC Gallery de Londres, l’artiste japonais Riusuke Fukahori, déjà très connu pour ses peintures 3D sur résine, a réalisé une performance live où il a peint un poisson de taille géante. Une création à découvrir en images et en vidéo dans la suite.
Any successful fisherman knows that light is key in making a catch. That’s why so many lures are pretty and glittery, but in deep water they’re really no use as the light only penetrates just below the surface. Problem solved! The Solar Rapala lure harnessed the sun’s energy to power its shimmering LED light, making it not only more effective during daylight but the single best bait to use at night!
Designer: Hakan Gürsu
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I love the illusion that the Ice Cube tank proposes; imagine the stunned expressions when people discover that the cube is an ice deception and that your fishes are swimming in safe waters. A clever perception and very Fred ‘n Friends kinda design; got to hand it to Arthur for making us look at the lighter side of life!
Designer: Arthur Xin (SE Xin)
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