HappyCloud @ Tate Modern
HappyCloud
Tate Modern, Bankside
25th February 2009
photo © Ellis Scott / Eddie Mulholland
Using technology never seen before in the UK, Stuart Semple unveiled "Happy Cloud", an installation artwork of over 2000 pink smiling faces made from soap, helium and vegetable dye from the Tate Modern towards London's financial district.
Tate Modern, Bankside
25th February 2009
photo © Ellis Scott / Eddie Mulholland
Using technology never seen before in the UK, Stuart Semple unveiled "Happy Cloud", an installation artwork of over 2000 pink smiling faces made from soap, helium and vegetable dye from the Tate Modern towards London's financial district.
"I just wanted to make a piece of work that would cheer people up a bit. I've had enough of the doom and gloom in the air and I wanted to show something completely positive floating up to the sky. This was the most straight forward way I could think of to literally contribute something happy to the atmosphere. I'm hoping it might put a smile on a few people's faces as they go through their day. I'm also keen to help people remember that the success of British cultural industries is relatively new, the Tate itself wasn't there a decade ago. I believe these cultural industries have been hugely important in the re-juvination of parts of the city, and a very wholesome and important contributor to the economy. I know at times like this it's easy to make creativity a low priority but I want to show that on a very human level an artistic idea might be able to do something important even for a fleeting moment."-Stuart Semple, 2009
Labels: exhibition, flogo, happycloud, tate, video
posted by Emily at
6:08 PM
17 Comments:
Made my day! And that's just online!
Made me smile from here!
This is so cool. Here is a smile in return :)
I'm smiling :-)
How big were they? They look lovely - please can you do it every day near Holborn tube station...
It was great. Thanks for making me smile too!
love to see that float by the office window
im interested:
— why 2057?
— and how much did you pay for the flogo?
Any chance you could release these around the globe? Please??? I think the whole world could use a few smiles right about now :-)
I'd love to know how you did this! Seems like the USA could use a few positive thoughts floating around as well :) It's a brilliant idea.
Wow ! This really made my day too.
How did you do it ? I really want to try it out.
That was great. We need a smile, our economy is in the tank, or basketball team sucks, and it is cloudy and cold. Thanks for the smile. It was needed.
Lovely. Absolutely wonderful. Thanks for making cheerfulness happen.
This is too cool. Any chance of sharing the bubble mixture recipe so others can spread the joy?
If you want to know how it's done, just go to flogos.net.
i wish you could take these all over the world.
This is the best modern art I have ever seen! Awsome idea! Thanks for the smile! =0)
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