Icelandic artist Elín Hansdóttir has combined mud and mirrors in this unusual interactive eco-art exhibit for Morocco. Designed as part of the Marrakech Biennale earlier this year, the earthy installation features pillars of mud and straw organized into a spiral design that is then fronted with mirrors that reflect the exhibit itself and the surroundings.
Now based in Berlin, Elín Hansdóttir explains that her site-specific art installations are designed to immerse viewers into the built landscape, which she alters for a sensory treat.
For the Marrakech Biennale, she worked with eight local craftsmen to build a spiraling monument of earth, water and straw that teases light and anyone who is lucky enough to enjoy it.
Located in Tassoultante, this maze-like structure is especially fun for the neighborhood children who run around and admire their many reflections in the staggered mirrors.
We’re big fans of eco-art that reinforces the relationship between us and nature, but Elín’s contribution to the genre is hands-down one of the most interesting we’ve seen in a long while.
:: Designboom
Author: Tafline Laylin
As a tour leader who led “eco-friendly” camping trips throughout North America, Tafline soon realized that she was instead leaving behind a trail of gas fumes, plastic bottles and Pringles. In fact, wherever she traveled – whether it was Viet Nam or South Africa or England – it became clear how inefficiently the mandate to re-think our consumer culture is reaching the general public. Born in Iran, raised in South Africa and the United States, she currently splits her time between Africa and the Middle East. Tafline can be reached at tafline (at) greenprophet (dot) com.
That’s pretty awesome! Very interesting! This could probably become the children’s playground in that neighborhood. Eco-art just amazes me!