Sequinned Graffiti

I adore graffiti.  Adore it.  I'm also a huge fan of sequins, much to the disdain of my wincing fashion conscience, which makes me feel like I should stop wearing clothes because my sense of style is clearly awful.  

Unfortunately (for you) Korea has made me chubby with its (evil) yummy food (mm, delicious), so I won't be getting naked in public anytime soon.  I will be trying to quash my circus-of-horrors influenced bad clothing taste by overindulging in these sequin graffiti art installation shots by Danish artist Theresa Himmer, though.

Theresa lived in Iceland for four years and became critical of the environmental damage that was occurring in the country.  The installations are representative of the snowy cap of a mountain, the lava from a volcano, and a gushing waterfall.  The installations, made of unauthentic, unnatural materials such as sequins are representative of the denigration of these natural scenes, drawing attention to their impending loss.

I remember the Icelandic volcanic ash situation with clarity.  I was in Bali at the time with some very pleased British documentary-makers whose flight had been cancelled, leaving them with an additional 11 days of holiday.  I never really thought beyond the superficiality of the luck/ woe of holidaymakers to the chain reaction that may have caused this event - at least not until now.

I guess art really can make a personal impact.

Images: Favim and Inside Out.