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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFlying Over Amsterdam? Eyes Down for this Megaportrait
http://www.cntraveler.com/daily-traveler/2012/12/amsterdam-schipol-airport-soil-portrait-cool-design-art
Flying Over Amsterdam? Eyes Down for this Megaportrait
She wont survive long beyond Christmas day, if current weather forecasts are to be believed, but this giant soil-straw-and-sand portrait of a womanthe biggest ever in the Netherlandsis certainly making her mark while she lasts. Covering the area of two football pitches the 'megaportrait' was commissioned by Dutch womens-rights organization Mama Cash to highlight the sometimes life-threatening problems faced by female activists in Mexico, Honduras, and Guatemala: "The identity of the model for the portrait is deliberately anonymous," says Babette Roelandschap, spokesperson for the group's Vogenvrije Vrouwen campaign (which roughly translates to women, free as birds). "Because thats exactly the predicament of the women whose plight we are trying to draw attention to. Many of these women have simply disappeared." The work took Cuban-American artist Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada and a band of 80 volunteers five days to complete, and is surprisingly close to the center of Amsterdam. Tell us if you see it on your way to or from Schiphol!
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Flying Over Amsterdam? Eyes Down for this Megaportrait (Original Post)
marmar
Dec 2012
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marmar
(77,067 posts)1. Shameless self-kick.
nt
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)2. k&r
Demo_Chris
(6,234 posts)3. Cool!
TygrBright
(20,756 posts)4. "Hay Una Mujer...."
sadly,
Bright
marmar
(77,067 posts)5. thx for the video. I didn't know much about this.
nt