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Timeless world of Ethiopia's Omo valley tribes
February 28, 2023 - Mago National Park, Omo River Valley, southern Ethiopia: mothers with their babies and children from the Mursi tribe sit on the roots and branches of an old tree along the riverbank. Like many Mursi women, they wear handmade ceramic plates in their earlobes. The larger the plate, the higher the bride price they can expect when they marry. (Maro Kouri / Polaris) (FOTO:DUKAS/POLARIS)
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Plant apocalypse: how new diseases are destroying EU trees and crops
From ancient olive groves to root vegetables, foreign pests introduced via the bloc's open import system are causing damage worth billions - and outbreaks are on the rise.
Plants slowly choke to death, wither and dry out. They die en masse, leaves dropping and bark turning grey, creating a sea of monochrome. Since scientists first discovered Xylella fastidiosa in 2013 in Puglia, Italy, it has killed a third of the regionÕs 60 million olive trees - which once produced almost half of Italy's olive oil - many of which were centuries old.
An aerial photograph showing the damage by Xylella fastidiosa in Puglia Ð the grey trees are all dead.
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Plant apocalypse: how new diseases are destroying EU trees and crops
From ancient olive groves to root vegetables, foreign pests introduced via the bloc's open import system are causing damage worth billions - and outbreaks are on the rise.
Plants slowly choke to death, wither and dry out. They die en masse, leaves dropping and bark turning grey, creating a sea of monochrome. Since scientists first discovered Xylella fastidiosa in 2013 in Puglia, Italy, it has killed a third of the regionÕs 60 million olive trees - which once produced almost half of Italy's olive oil - many of which were centuries old.
Pruning olive trees in Puglia. As well as the potential economic loss, the trees have a huge cultural value.
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Plant apocalypse: how new diseases are destroying EU trees and crops
From ancient olive groves to root vegetables, foreign pests introduced via the bloc's open import system are causing damage worth billions - and outbreaks are on the rise.
Plants slowly choke to death, wither and dry out. They die en masse, leaves dropping and bark turning grey, creating a sea of monochrome. Since scientists first discovered Xylella fastidiosa in 2013 in Puglia, Italy, it has killed a third of the regionÕs 60 million olive trees - which once produced almost half of Italy's olive oil - many of which were centuries old.
Various pictures at the Ravenna port following the inspection of cargo, checking for pests and diseases in imported potatoes and lemons, and checks in the labs of Bologna,
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Plant apocalypse: how new diseases are destroying EU trees and crops
From ancient olive groves to root vegetables, foreign pests introduced via the bloc's open import system are causing damage worth billions - and outbreaks are on the rise.
Plants slowly choke to death, wither and dry out. They die en masse, leaves dropping and bark turning grey, creating a sea of monochrome. Since scientists first discovered Xylella fastidiosa in 2013 in Puglia, Italy, it has killed a third of the regionÕs 60 million olive trees - which once produced almost half of Italy's olive oil - many of which were centuries old.
Paolo Solmi, centre, and his team take samples of potatoes from containers at the port of Ravenna. They inspect the cargo, checking for pests and diseases, and send some to the labs in Bologna.
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Plant apocalypse: how new diseases are destroying EU trees and crops
From ancient olive groves to root vegetables, foreign pests introduced via the bloc's open import system are causing damage worth billions - and outbreaks are on the rise.
Plants slowly choke to death, wither and dry out. They die en masse, leaves dropping and bark turning grey, creating a sea of monochrome. Since scientists first discovered Xylella fastidiosa in 2013 in Puglia, Italy, it has killed a third of the regionÕs 60 million olive trees - which once produced almost half of Italy's olive oil - many of which were centuries old.
Xylella hunting dogs that can detect the bacteria just by sniffing the plants
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The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov
The full cast of The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov on stage @ Barbican Theatre. An RSC production. Directed by Terry Hands.
(Opened 11-07-1991)
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Performing arts archive
Miles Anderson (Macbeth) in Macbeth by Shakespeare @ Barbican Theatre, London. An RSC production. Directed by Adrian Noble. Designed by Bob Crowley.
(Opened 04-05-1989)
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Performing arts archive
Amanda Root (Lady Macbeth) in Macbeth by Shakespeare @ Barbican Theatre, London. An RSC production. Directed by Adrian Noble. Designed by Bob Crowley.
(Opened 04-05-1989)
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An adult green anaconda, Eunectes murinus, Marañon River, Amazon Basin, Loreto, Peru.
An adult green anaconda (Eunectes murinus), Maranon River, Amazon Basin, Loreto, Peru, South America
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Plant apocalypse: how new diseases are destroying EU trees and crops
From ancient olive groves to root vegetables, foreign pests introduced via the bloc's open import system are causing damage worth billions - and outbreaks are on the rise.
Plants slowly choke to death, wither and dry out. They die en masse, leaves dropping and bark turning grey, creating a sea of monochrome. Since scientists first discovered Xylella fastidiosa in 2013 in Puglia, Italy, it has killed a third of the regionÕs 60 million olive trees - which once produced almost half of Italy's olive oil - many of which were centuries old.
Healthy century-old olive trees.
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FEATURE - Best of: Die Bilder des Tages
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Greig Cowie/BPI/REX/Shutterstock (9723628cr)
Ashton Agar of Australia bowls Joe Root of England and celebrates
England v Australia, The Royal London One Day Series. Fourth One Day International, 4th ODI, Emirates Riverside Stadium, Durham County Cricket Club, Chester-le-Street, 21st June 2018
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FEATURE - Best of: Die Bilder des Tages
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Mark Cosgrove/REX/Shutterstock (9723767al)
Joe Root of England is hit in the side with the ball
England v Australia, 4th ODI, Royal London One Day International Series, Chester-le-Street, UK - 21 Jun 2018
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REPORTAGE - China: Lotus Ernte
(171207) -- JINAN, Dec. 7, 2017 (Xinhua) -- Farmer Wang Meihua harvests lotus roots at Maojia Village of Gaoqing County, east China's Shandong Province, Dec. 6, 2017. (Xinhua/Zhu Zheng) (dhf)
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REPORTAGE - China: Lotus Ernte
(171207) -- JINAN, Dec. 7, 2017 (Xinhua) -- Farmer Li Lianping harvests lotus roots at Maojia Village of Gaoqing County, east China's Shandong Province, Dec. 6, 2017. (Xinhua/Zhu Zheng) (dhf)
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REPORTAGE - China: Lotus Ernte
(171207) -- JINAN, Dec. 7, 2017 (Xinhua) -- Farmer Li Lianping harvests lotus roots at Maojia Village of Gaoqing County, east China's Shandong Province, Dec. 6, 2017. (Xinhua/Zhu Zheng) (dhf)
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REPORTAGE - China: Lotus Ernte
(171207) -- JINAN, Dec. 7, 2017 (Xinhua) -- Farmer Wang Meihua harvests lotus roots at Maojia Village of Gaoqing County, east China's Shandong Province, Dec. 6, 2017. (Xinhua/Zhu Zheng) (dhf)
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REPORTAGE - China: Lotus Ernte
(171207) -- JINAN, Dec. 7, 2017 (Xinhua) -- Farmer Li Lianping harvests lotus roots at Maojia Village of Gaoqing County, east China's Shandong Province, Dec. 6, 2017. (Xinhua/Zhu Zheng) (dhf)
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FEATURE - Die Bilder des Tages
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Sipa Asia/REX/Shutterstock (9239217n)
Farmers are busy harvesting lotus roots in Hai'an County, Nantong, east China's Jiangsu Province
Lotus Root Harvest, Hai'an County, Nantong, Jiangsu Province, China - 24 Nov 2017
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NEWS - Sturm Xavier: Schäden in Berlin
October 6, 2017 - Berlin, Berlin-Steglitz, Germany - Storm ''Xavier'' is causing serious damage. A fallen tree in the Beymestrasse in the Steglitz district of Berlin (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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NEWS - Sturm Xavier: Schäden in Berlin
October 6, 2017 - Berlin, Berlin-Steglitz, Germany - Storm ''Xavier'' is causing serious damage. A fallen tree in the Beymestrasse in the Steglitz district of Berlin (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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NEWS - Sturm Xavier: Schäden in Berlin
October 6, 2017 - Berlin, Berlin-Steglitz, Germany - Storm ''Xavier'' is causing serious damage. A fallen tree in the Beymestrasse in the Steglitz district of Berlin (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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NEWS - Sturm Xavier: Schäden in Berlin
October 6, 2017 - Berlin, Berlin-Steglitz, Germany - Storm ''Xavier'' is causing serious damage. A fallen tree in the Beymestrasse in the Steglitz district of Berlin (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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NEWS - Sturm Xavier: Schäden in Berlin
October 6, 2017 - Berlin, Berlin-Steglitz, Germany - Storm ''Xavier'' is causing serious damage. A fallen tree in the Beymestrasse in the Steglitz district of Berlin (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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NEWS - Sturm Xavier: Schäden in Berlin
October 6, 2017 - Berlin, Berlin-Steglitz, Germany - Storm ''Xavier'' is causing serious damage. A fallen tree in the Beymestrasse in the Steglitz district of Berlin (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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NEWS - Sturm Xavier: Schäden in Berlin
October 6, 2017 - Berlin, Berlin-Steglitz, Germany - Storm ''Xavier'' is causing serious damage. A fallen tree in the Beymestrasse in the Steglitz district of Berlin (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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NEWS - Sturm Xavier: Schäden in Berlin
October 6, 2017 - Berlin, Berlin-Steglitz, Germany - Storm ''Xavier'' is causing serious damage. A fallen tree in the Beymestrasse in the Steglitz district of Berlin (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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NEWS - Sturm Xavier: Schäden in Berlin
October 6, 2017 - Berlin, Berlin-Steglitz, Germany - Storm ''Xavier'' is causing serious damage. A fallen tree in the Beymestrasse in the Steglitz district of Berlin (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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NEWS - Sturm Xavier: Schäden in Berlin
October 6, 2017 - Berlin, Berlin-Steglitz, Germany - Storm ''Xavier'' is causing serious damage. A fallen tree in the Beymestrasse in the Steglitz district of Berlin (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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NEWS - Sturm Xavier: Schäden in Berlin
October 6, 2017 - Berlin, Berlin-Steglitz, Germany - Storm ''Xavier'' is causing serious damage. A fallen tree in the Beymestrasse in the Steglitz district of Berlin (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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NEWS - Sturm Xavier: Schäden in Berlin
October 6, 2017 - Berlin, Berlin-Steglitz, Germany - Storm ''Xavier'' is causing serious damage. A fallen tree in the Beymestrasse in the Steglitz district of Berlin (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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NEWS - Sturm Xavier: Schäden in Berlin
October 6, 2017 - Berlin, Berlin-Steglitz, Germany - Storm ''Xavier'' is causing serious damage. A fallen tree in the Beymestrasse in the Steglitz district of Berlin (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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NEWS - Sturm Xavier: Schäden in Berlin
October 6, 2017 - Berlin, Berlin-Steglitz, Germany - Storm ''Xavier'' is causing serious damage. A fallen tree in the Beymestrasse in the Steglitz district of Berlin (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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NEWS - Sturm Xavier: Schäden in Berlin
October 6, 2017 - Berlin, Berlin-Steglitz, Germany - Storm ''Xavier'' is causing serious damage. A fallen tree in the Beymestrasse in the Steglitz district of Berlin (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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NEWS - Sturm Xavier: Schäden in Berlin
October 6, 2017 - Berlin, Berlin-Steglitz, Germany - Storm ''Xavier'' is causing serious damage. A fallen tree in the Beymestrasse in the Steglitz district of Berlin (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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NEWS - Sturm Xavier: Schäden in Berlin
October 6, 2017 - Berlin, Berlin-Steglitz, Germany - Storm ''Xavier'' is causing serious damage. A fallen tree in the Beymestrasse in the Steglitz district of Berlin (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
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Plant apocalypse: how new diseases are destroying EU trees and crops
From ancient olive groves to root vegetables, foreign pests introduced via the bloc's open import system are causing damage worth billions - and outbreaks are on the rise.
Plants slowly choke to death, wither and dry out. They die en masse, leaves dropping and bark turning grey, creating a sea of monochrome. Since scientists first discovered Xylella fastidiosa in 2013 in Puglia, Italy, it has killed a third of the regionÕs 60 million olive trees - which once produced almost half of Italy's olive oil - many of which were centuries old.
An ancient tree killed by Xyella fastidiosa in Puglia.
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England v Australia, 2nd Ashes test cricket match, Lord's, London, Britain - 18 Jul 2013
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Rex Features (2668071t)
Queen Elizabeth II shakes hands with England's Joe Root at Lord's Cricket Ground
England v Australia, 2nd Ashes test cricket match, Lord's, London, Britain - 18 Jul 2013
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'The Lone Ranger' film premiere, Los Angeles, America - 22 Jun 2013
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Matt Baron / BEImages (1429014ft)
Stephen Root
'The Lone Ranger' film premiere, Los Angeles, America - 22 Jun 2013
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A girl collects spring onions on the verdant green slopes of Manipur in north east India, India, Asia
A girl collects spring onions on the verdant green slopes of Manipur in north east India, India, Asia
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Ephemicropolis, a city made of staples by Peter Root, Britain - May 2010
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Peter Root / Rex Features ( 1176959h )
Staple artist Peter Root creates Ephemicropolis, a city made of staples
We Built This City on - STAPLES!
BUILT THIS CITY ON - STAPLES!
Gleaming silver skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this city - but this impressive metropolis is made of tiny stacks of STAPLES.
Artist Peter Root created his urban sprawl by carefully placing 100,000 of the tiny office stationery in building-like stacks.
Called Ephemicropolis, it took him 40 hours to make the 6m x 3m work on the floor of Northern Trust atrium in Guernsey.
The part-time lecturer broke the stacks into sizes varying from full stacks of about 12cm high down to single staples.
And, unsurprisingly, having a steady hand was important.
"As the stacks are free-standing and are tessellated very close together, the obvious challenge was not to knock them over," say Peter. "To build the more dense sections of the work took several hours and, on a couple of occasions, gravity demonstrated it's severe lack of sympathy by undoing this work in milliseconds."
But why staples? Peter explains: "I think there is a beauty in making something that requires so much precision, care, time and effort, yet is destined to last for only a short period of time.
"I feel people are able to recognise and connect with the labour involved in the creation process of work like Ephemicropolis, and that there is an element of excitement knowing that forty hours of the hard work could be destroyed in a few seconds."
VIDEO - THE MAKING OF: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4aEeS4wPHI
MUST CREDIT PICTURES BY
Peter Root/Rex Features
Story: Dean Murray
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/ENKNOROCW (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)
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Ephemicropolis, a city made of staples by Peter Root, Britain - May 2010
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Peter Root / Rex Features ( 1176959j )
Staple artist Peter Root
We Built This City on - STAPLES!
BUILT THIS CITY ON - STAPLES!
Gleaming silver skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this city - but this impressive metropolis is made of tiny stacks of STAPLES.
Artist Peter Root created his urban sprawl by carefully placing 100,000 of the tiny office stationery in building-like stacks.
Called Ephemicropolis, it took him 40 hours to make the 6m x 3m work on the floor of Northern Trust atrium in Guernsey.
The part-time lecturer broke the stacks into sizes varying from full stacks of about 12cm high down to single staples.
And, unsurprisingly, having a steady hand was important.
"As the stacks are free-standing and are tessellated very close together, the obvious challenge was not to knock them over," say Peter. "To build the more dense sections of the work took several hours and, on a couple of occasions, gravity demonstrated it's severe lack of sympathy by undoing this work in milliseconds."
But why staples? Peter explains: "I think there is a beauty in making something that requires so much precision, care, time and effort, yet is destined to last for only a short period of time.
"I feel people are able to recognise and connect with the labour involved in the creation process of work like Ephemicropolis, and that there is an element of excitement knowing that forty hours of the hard work could be destroyed in a few seconds."
VIDEO - THE MAKING OF: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4aEeS4wPHI
MUST CREDIT PICTURES BY
Peter Root/Rex Features
Story: Dean Murray
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/ENKNOROCW (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)
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Ephemicropolis, a city made of staples by Peter Root, Britain - May 2010
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Peter Root / Rex Features ( 1176959i )
Staple artist Peter Root creates Ephemicropolis, a city made of staples
We Built This City on - STAPLES!
BUILT THIS CITY ON - STAPLES!
Gleaming silver skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this city - but this impressive metropolis is made of tiny stacks of STAPLES.
Artist Peter Root created his urban sprawl by carefully placing 100,000 of the tiny office stationery in building-like stacks.
Called Ephemicropolis, it took him 40 hours to make the 6m x 3m work on the floor of Northern Trust atrium in Guernsey.
The part-time lecturer broke the stacks into sizes varying from full stacks of about 12cm high down to single staples.
And, unsurprisingly, having a steady hand was important.
"As the stacks are free-standing and are tessellated very close together, the obvious challenge was not to knock them over," say Peter. "To build the more dense sections of the work took several hours and, on a couple of occasions, gravity demonstrated it's severe lack of sympathy by undoing this work in milliseconds."
But why staples? Peter explains: "I think there is a beauty in making something that requires so much precision, care, time and effort, yet is destined to last for only a short period of time.
"I feel people are able to recognise and connect with the labour involved in the creation process of work like Ephemicropolis, and that there is an element of excitement knowing that forty hours of the hard work could be destroyed in a few seconds."
VIDEO - THE MAKING OF: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4aEeS4wPHI
MUST CREDIT PICTURES BY
Peter Root/Rex Features
Story: Dean Murray
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/ENKNOROCW (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)
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Ephemicropolis, a city made of staples by Peter Root, Britain - May 2010
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Peter Root / Rex Features ( 1176959g )
Ephemicropolis, a city made of 100,000 staples
We Built This City on - STAPLES!
BUILT THIS CITY ON - STAPLES!
Gleaming silver skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this city - but this impressive metropolis is made of tiny stacks of STAPLES.
Artist Peter Root created his urban sprawl by carefully placing 100,000 of the tiny office stationery in building-like stacks.
Called Ephemicropolis, it took him 40 hours to make the 6m x 3m work on the floor of Northern Trust atrium in Guernsey.
The part-time lecturer broke the stacks into sizes varying from full stacks of about 12cm high down to single staples.
And, unsurprisingly, having a steady hand was important.
"As the stacks are free-standing and are tessellated very close together, the obvious challenge was not to knock them over," say Peter. "To build the more dense sections of the work took several hours and, on a couple of occasions, gravity demonstrated it's severe lack of sympathy by undoing this work in milliseconds."
But why staples? Peter explains: "I think there is a beauty in making something that requires so much precision, care, time and effort, yet is destined to last for only a short period of time.
"I feel people are able to recognise and connect with the labour involved in the creation process of work like Ephemicropolis, and that there is an element of excitement knowing that forty hours of the hard work could be destroyed in a few seconds."
VIDEO - THE MAKING OF: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4aEeS4wPHI
MUST CREDIT PICTURES BY
Peter Root/Rex Features
Story: Dean Murray
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/ENKNOROCW (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)
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Ephemicropolis, a city made of staples by Peter Root, Britain - May 2010
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Peter Root / Rex Features ( 1176959f )
Staple artist Peter Root creates Ephemicropolis, a city made of staples
We Built This City on - STAPLES!
BUILT THIS CITY ON - STAPLES!
Gleaming silver skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this city - but this impressive metropolis is made of tiny stacks of STAPLES.
Artist Peter Root created his urban sprawl by carefully placing 100,000 of the tiny office stationery in building-like stacks.
Called Ephemicropolis, it took him 40 hours to make the 6m x 3m work on the floor of Northern Trust atrium in Guernsey.
The part-time lecturer broke the stacks into sizes varying from full stacks of about 12cm high down to single staples.
And, unsurprisingly, having a steady hand was important.
"As the stacks are free-standing and are tessellated very close together, the obvious challenge was not to knock them over," say Peter. "To build the more dense sections of the work took several hours and, on a couple of occasions, gravity demonstrated it's severe lack of sympathy by undoing this work in milliseconds."
But why staples? Peter explains: "I think there is a beauty in making something that requires so much precision, care, time and effort, yet is destined to last for only a short period of time.
"I feel people are able to recognise and connect with the labour involved in the creation process of work like Ephemicropolis, and that there is an element of excitement knowing that forty hours of the hard work could be destroyed in a few seconds."
VIDEO - THE MAKING OF: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4aEeS4wPHI
MUST CREDIT PICTURES BY
Peter Root/Rex Features
Story: Dean Murray
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Ephemicropolis, a city made of staples by Peter Root, Britain - May 2010
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Ephemicropolis, a city made of 100,000 staples
We Built This City on - STAPLES!
BUILT THIS CITY ON - STAPLES!
Gleaming silver skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this city - but this impressive metropolis is made of tiny stacks of STAPLES.
Artist Peter Root created his urban sprawl by carefully placing 100,000 of the tiny office stationery in building-like stacks.
Called Ephemicropolis, it took him 40 hours to make the 6m x 3m work on the floor of Northern Trust atrium in Guernsey.
The part-time lecturer broke the stacks into sizes varying from full stacks of about 12cm high down to single staples.
And, unsurprisingly, having a steady hand was important.
"As the stacks are free-standing and are tessellated very close together, the obvious challenge was not to knock them over," say Peter. "To build the more dense sections of the work took several hours and, on a couple of occasions, gravity demonstrated it's severe lack of sympathy by undoing this work in milliseconds."
But why staples? Peter explains: "I think there is a beauty in making something that requires so much precision, care, time and effort, yet is destined to last for only a short period of time.
"I feel people are able to recognise and connect with the labour involved in the creation process of work like Ephemicropolis, and that there is an element of excitement knowing that forty hours of the hard work could be destroyed in a few seconds."
VIDEO - THE MAKING OF: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4aEeS4wPHI
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Ephemicropolis, a city made of staples by Peter Root, Britain - May 2010
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Peter Root / Rex Features ( 1176959c )
Ephemicropolis, a city made of 100,000 staples
We Built This City on - STAPLES!
BUILT THIS CITY ON - STAPLES!
Gleaming silver skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this city - but this impressive metropolis is made of tiny stacks of STAPLES.
Artist Peter Root created his urban sprawl by carefully placing 100,000 of the tiny office stationery in building-like stacks.
Called Ephemicropolis, it took him 40 hours to make the 6m x 3m work on the floor of Northern Trust atrium in Guernsey.
The part-time lecturer broke the stacks into sizes varying from full stacks of about 12cm high down to single staples.
And, unsurprisingly, having a steady hand was important.
"As the stacks are free-standing and are tessellated very close together, the obvious challenge was not to knock them over," say Peter. "To build the more dense sections of the work took several hours and, on a couple of occasions, gravity demonstrated it's severe lack of sympathy by undoing this work in milliseconds."
But why staples? Peter explains: "I think there is a beauty in making something that requires so much precision, care, time and effort, yet is destined to last for only a short period of time.
"I feel people are able to recognise and connect with the labour involved in the creation process of work like Ephemicropolis, and that there is an element of excitement knowing that forty hours of the hard work could be destroyed in a few seconds."
VIDEO - THE MAKING OF: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4aEeS4wPHI
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Peter Root/Rex Features
Story: Dean Murray
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Ephemicropolis, a city made of staples by Peter Root, Britain - May 2010
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Peter Root / Rex Features ( 1176959a )
Ephemicropolis, a city made of 100,000 staples
We Built This City on - STAPLES!
BUILT THIS CITY ON - STAPLES!
Gleaming silver skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this city - but this impressive metropolis is made of tiny stacks of STAPLES.
Artist Peter Root created his urban sprawl by carefully placing 100,000 of the tiny office stationery in building-like stacks.
Called Ephemicropolis, it took him 40 hours to make the 6m x 3m work on the floor of Northern Trust atrium in Guernsey.
The part-time lecturer broke the stacks into sizes varying from full stacks of about 12cm high down to single staples.
And, unsurprisingly, having a steady hand was important.
"As the stacks are free-standing and are tessellated very close together, the obvious challenge was not to knock them over," say Peter. "To build the more dense sections of the work took several hours and, on a couple of occasions, gravity demonstrated it's severe lack of sympathy by undoing this work in milliseconds."
But why staples? Peter explains: "I think there is a beauty in making something that requires so much precision, care, time and effort, yet is destined to last for only a short period of time.
"I feel people are able to recognise and connect with the labour involved in the creation process of work like Ephemicropolis, and that there is an element of excitement knowing that forty hours of the hard work could be destroyed in a few seconds."
VIDEO - THE MAKING OF: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4aEeS4wPHI
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Peter Root/Rex Features
Story: Dean Murray
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Ephemicropolis, a city made of staples by Peter Root, Britain - May 2010
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Peter Root / Rex Features ( 1176959b )
Ephemicropolis, a city made of 100,000 staples
We Built This City on - STAPLES!
BUILT THIS CITY ON - STAPLES!
Gleaming silver skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this city - but this impressive metropolis is made of tiny stacks of STAPLES.
Artist Peter Root created his urban sprawl by carefully placing 100,000 of the tiny office stationery in building-like stacks.
Called Ephemicropolis, it took him 40 hours to make the 6m x 3m work on the floor of Northern Trust atrium in Guernsey.
The part-time lecturer broke the stacks into sizes varying from full stacks of about 12cm high down to single staples.
And, unsurprisingly, having a steady hand was important.
"As the stacks are free-standing and are tessellated very close together, the obvious challenge was not to knock them over," say Peter. "To build the more dense sections of the work took several hours and, on a couple of occasions, gravity demonstrated it's severe lack of sympathy by undoing this work in milliseconds."
But why staples? Peter explains: "I think there is a beauty in making something that requires so much precision, care, time and effort, yet is destined to last for only a short period of time.
"I feel people are able to recognise and connect with the labour involved in the creation process of work like Ephemicropolis, and that there is an element of excitement knowing that forty hours of the hard work could be destroyed in a few seconds."
VIDEO - THE MAKING OF: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4aEeS4wPHI
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Peter Root/Rex Features
Story: Dean Murray
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Low-Rise, a city made of staples by artist Peter Root, Britain - Aug 2009
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Staple City: A Metropolis Made of 100,000 Staples
STAPLE CITY: A METROPOLIS MADE OF 100,000 STAPLES
The gleaming silver skyscrapers dominate the skyline of the city - but this impressive metropolis is made of STAPLES.
Ironically this urban sprawl is called Low-Rise, and is made of 100,000 of the paper-fastening office stationery.
Amazingly artist Peter Root spent just SIX hours painstakingly constructing the piece in just one sitting.
And balancing the tiny metal strips proved to be a city-sized challenge.
"Like a city, the staples are subject to the elements, on a micro scale," explains the part-time lecturer at Guernsey College. "The slightest breath or vibration and the domino effect kicks in."
Peter began using staples to paint with when he was travelling, but soon realised they could form eye-catching structures.
"I first started to incorporate staples into some of the work I was making during my time in India. Initially I used the staples to draw with by printing ink onto paper.
"The Art that I create is the result of experimentation and play. Low-Rise is a precarious assemblage of thousands of free-standing stacks of staples densely tessellated to create a city-like mosaic."
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