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GEODESIC JELLYFISH, Art Shanty 

Imagine an art show in the middle of a Minnesota Winter on a frozen lake...A Festival where the lake itself is the Gallery for Art Shanties, each is a unique play on the idea of a traditional fishing shanty.  Some are Karaoke Clubs (Norae Shanty), some are Radio Stations (KICE), and this particular one is the Geodesic Jellyfish.  The structure is a home made, Buckminster fuller 3/5 dodecahedron structure.  Inside the protective outer layers, there is a lovely chandelier that doubled as a "fishing" apparatus, hanging down into the ice.  This is where the structure of the dome transforms into the body of some predatory arctic jellyfish.  I wish i could do stuff like this more often...

Click here to visit the Art Shanty Project Web page...www.artshantyprojects.org

here's a video of one art shanty project...

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