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© 2015 albert-learning.com Floating Pyramid Art Work Vocabulary Undulating : Move with a smooth wave-like motion. Epiphanies : The manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles Enticing : Attractive or tempting Panneau :A flat, padded saddle used by ballerinas on horseback. Defies : Openly resist or refuse to obey. Utopia : An imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect. Pataphysics : The branch of philosophy that deals with an imaginary realm additional to metaphysics. Arsenal : A collection of weapons and military equipment. Myriad : A countless or extremely great number of people or things.

© 2015 albert-learning.com Floating Pyramid Art Work The sea and the desert have something in common. They are wide undulating infinities. Perhaps it is the impossibility of fixing your gaze on a single detail that makes them so abstract. On the shores, you often find signs of civilization but beyond lies planet earth. Facing untouched earths capes often makes you feel extraterrestrial. Sunsets on the sea suggest to me the following associations: mythological wars, stoned teenagers, transmigration of souls, sexual fantasies and lost civilizations. Facing the sun, I have had amusing epiphanies. For instance, realizing that the sound of the sea might be the single sound that has existed without interruption forever, even before any living creature had ears to listen. Actually such sound describes, according to my experience, a panneau moving from left to right. Once I managed to hypnotize myself focusing on that sound, I felt each shhhooooaaaaaahhh was like wind turning the pages of a book, which was my own face. Being in this state for a whole week was like reading a long novel. To make a piece for the enticing moment one needs a form that is universal, ideal, simple, mysterious and concrete: a Pyramid. Unlike concepts, symbols are beyond textual interpretation. This is a Floating Pyramid and, according to its own character, it will make us travel to unknown dimensions.. By Pedro Reyes

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© 2015 albert-learning.com Floating Pyramid Art Work Pedro Reyes works within a complex system of associations that defies our assumptions about the ways in which knowledge is categorized and legitimized. Using simple means and casual scenarios, he manages to blend the realms of utopia and function, individual fantasies and collective aspirations, spirituality and pataphysics. Trained as an architect, Reyes steeps his projects in his underlying interest in structural design and building principles. However, this presence goes beyond the formal aspects of architecture; in his practice, the utilization of space is infused with symbolic as well as physical schemes to enhance human communication and creativity. He explores the ways in which a space is capable of allowing individual moments of liberation or activating the interaction between a group of people. Toward that purpose, he has developed an arsenal of terms and forms to release creativity from ordinary limitations. Reyes is an idealist: he lives and works on thinking of ways to improve the world.

© 2015 albert-learning.com Floating Pyramid Art Work Pedro Reyes, Parque Vertical, 2002.

© 2015 albert-learning.com Floating Pyramid Art Work Pedro Reyes, Capula, Pedro Reyes, La Torre de los Vientos, 1996–2001.

© 2015 albert-learning.com Floating Pyramid Art Work Pedro Reyes, House for Future Caveman, Pedro Reyes, Zik Zak, 2004

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© 2015 albert-learning.com Floating Pyramid Art Work Questions  What art do you like?  What is the difference between the old art and the modern art?  Do you think art has any value in today’s world?  What do you think about today’s artists?  Which is the best ever seen artwork by you?

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