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A pair of giant hands rising from the water have been unveiled on Venice's Grand Canal — a sculpture by contemporary artist Lorenzo Quinn intended to highlight the devastation of climate change.
The artwork, titled Support, shows two huge hands emerging from the canal to "support" the historic Ca' Sagredo Hotel in such a way that they appear to be preventing the 14th-century building from sinking into the water.
But the hands can also be seen as powerful enough to dismantle and drag down the building, should they choose to — a dual representation intended to represent the power of human beings "to love, to hate, to create, to destroy," Quinn said.
"At once, the sculpture has both a noble air as well as an alarming one … the hands symbolise tools that can both destroy the world, but also have the capacity to save it," a statement on his website reads.
Support was unveiled to coincide with the opening of the 2017 Venice Biennale, a major art show held in locations across the city.
But the choice of city was intentional for Quinn.
Earlier this year scientists warned that Venice could disappear underwater within a century if sea levels continue to rise.
"The work generates an instinctive and immediate understanding of the environmental impact for places such as Venice," the statement reads.
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Had no intention of uploading this to flickr as there are several things that I'm not happy with, the rings in particular (which, for me are a little distracting). But this place is more a sketchbook than a portfolio, it's more fun that way :)
Hand carved angel presiding over our Manger Scene. For the Macro Mondays Group. Topic: Beauty of Bokeh.
Club comp, live music. Cropped from a club night earlier in the year as I hadn't anything better.
10th =
I take no credit for this photo (other than the frame) as it was taken by my Son in Law who unfortunately doesn't do flickr, so I'm posting it because they are my Hands and I think he created a lovely composition here.
I did something similar to this last year (with the same woman even!), but I wanted to play with the 77mm this year again, so I did another shot. I think I like this one a little more anyways.
Shriveled Hands.
Flammes mystérieuses visions sombres magnifique méditation significations amères spéculations pensées couvrant des circonstances confuses souvenirs,
أفواه مهجورة أقدام مظلمة قنوات الظلام تنجرف ليال قاتمة المياه سباح السامي الماس فضول العقول متفاوتة,
rührkammern zerschmetterten pläne trommeln sorgen aufrechte richtungen beschleunigen schrecken gelöste teile eifrige herzen unvorstellbare aufregungen,
nepažįstamų žmonių juokas suvokiant mirtį išniekinimas manieros neaiškūs šešėliai pavojingos aistros fantastiški sprogimai prieštaringi tarifai,
efectos acusadores bailando confianza gusanos poderosos porciones importantes narración mordida absurda escuela tonos metafísicos,
絶え間ない目極端なマーク自然な興味深い説明過度の疑い補償の挿入挿入安心繊細さ繊細さは確かに控えめな賛辞を位置づけます確かに.
Steve.D.Hammond.
Maybe it's just been one of those days, gut does anyone ever feel like everyone is pulling your life in a different direction? Like everyone has control over your life but yourself? well i decided this picture sort of depicted how i've been feeling. Although i think this is all probably due to reading too much Hamlet and sleep deprivation. And yes, this picture is extremely grainy.. I'm sorry. It's very hard to shoot one handed.