Cross = Heart #crossequalslove (by youthhillsong)
One piece of trash at a time, we can collectively make a difference - The Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef
Kurt Vonnegut once opined that the power of the art as a weapon against the tyranny of the state was roughly equivalent to a custard pie being dropped from the top of a six foot high ladder. We at the IFF concur, and would similarly estimate the power of art as a weapon against the commercial-industrial complex. For Vonnegut, however, none of this was an excuse for political inaction. He seemed to think that on a global scale if enough pies were dropped there would eventually be enough custard on the floor that anyone who tried to pick up a gun and shoot would fall down and break a leg. Art is indeed a custard pie, yet its power lies in the potential to engage us all in personal activities that collectively add up, one pie at a time, to a transformative sea of change. We encourage YOU ALL to become aware of your own plastic use. If enough of us reject plastic bottles and takeout boxes then, one piece of trash at a time, we can collectively make a difference.
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The Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef is a woolly celebration of the intersection of higher geometry and feminine handicraft, and a testimony to the disappearing wonders of the marine world.
Created and curated by Christine Wertheim and Margaret Wertheim of the Institute For Figuring.
