Bear rises from the dead thanks to waste subway heat

By Rob Maguire, April 9, 2008 Comments (2)

This sculpture of a white bear by Joshua Allen Harris captures lost energy from a New York subway grate, alternating between roadkill and resurrection.

Using this technique, one could craft some blow up buffoonery to make a statement during the US electoral race. Does anyone out there have any ideas for inflatable political fun?

Via Bunch of Monkeys.

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Submitted by Paolo Unger Dvorchik (not verified) on Thu, 2008-04-10 04:50.

Quite an interesting medium. If you created a base you could easily harness enough air for objects of human stature. I wonder how difficult it would be to do detailing work?

Conceptually, I see a great link to Hillary and Obama's superficial condemnations of the various free trade agreements -- An adamantly proclamation followed by imminent collapse.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 2008-04-10 15:02.

This is too amazing ... great post! I imagine small creatures and little landscapes of fabric huffing into life all over New York then collapsing as the trains pass, this shuddering fragile reminder of something lost ..

And sure, an Obama or Hillary head floating up from the grates might get some attention -- politicians with inflated heads, hot air blowing from their mouths ... hmmmmm,

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