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Catherine and Simon Gidzinski
ginskis@gmail.com Catherine and Simon Gidzinski
2013
Fiji
Mantaray Resort
Palm
sunrise
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Hector Zamora's Synclastic/Anticlastic Biennial installation at Mann Island features 170 concrete manta rays suspended (flying? floating?) from the ceiling. Out of the Biennial work I've seen so far, this is my favourite. I visited quite late on in the day and it was completely empty which gave the whole thing a very eerie air - the rays sway very gently in the breeze and it's vaguely unsettling.
(Remember to click on the HD button on the lower right hand part of the screen if the video doesn't play well.) This particular video is one of the smaller aquarium tanks (still pretty big imo) containing the stingrays, along with small fish, hermit crabs, starfish, and other assorted sea creatures..... (one of my favorite fishes believe it or not makes a guest appearance in this vid starting around -1:32. I have no idea what it is, but I nicknamed it the Propeller Fish, because of the way it moves. :D It's this boxy shaped fish that whizzes along with this little propeller-ish tail like it's on a mission, with places to go and things to do....