By Walter Martin and Paloma Muñoz. "We cast ourselves as candles in a mixture of beeswax and parafine with a wick running through the center from head to feet. We lit the candles at the beginning of our show in PPOW Gallery and we let the candles burn and run their course throughout the exhibition. Our candle bodies slowly melted away for the duration of the show."
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Human candles
By Walter Martin and Paloma Muñoz. "We cast ourselves as candles in a mixture of beeswax and parafine with a wick running through the center from head to feet. We lit the candles at the beginning of our show in PPOW Gallery and we let the candles burn and run their course throughout the exhibition. Our candle bodies slowly melted away for the duration of the show."
That is creepy and exciting -- what an intersting story!!!
ReplyDeleteCheers!
sorta spooky but a really cool idea--thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteVery cool...bet you went through just a little wax.
ReplyDeleteHAha, awesome design!
ReplyDeleteCreepy and festive at once