Word: nesting
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...area between Holyoke Center’s facade and the awning of Au Bon Pain will soon be filled by an artistic installation created by the Reclamation Artists (RA), a Boston-based group of professional artists and architects. In collaboration with Harvard students, the group of artists will install NEST, a public sculpture, on one of the Square’s most prominent buildings, the Holyoke Center...
According to Bastian, Harvard Square has a tale to tell and “the story of this site is the NEST.” In deciding what shape the work would take, ideas revolved around the idea of Harvard Square as a home. “We decided a lot of people made it their home: readers at Au Bon Pain, chess players, people asking for money, ‘Spare Change’ sellers, and religious groups,” says Tristan Govignon. The site is being reclaimed as home to these diverse groups...
However, it was only a few weeks ago that the title of NEST was settled upon. “It wasn’t until we got the title that the look of the project really came together,” says Bastian. And a nest is exactly what the project will look like. A series of nylon ropes will be suspended from a bolt in the roof of the Holyoke Center, and from these ropes, a bed or “nest” of woven screen and rope will be hung. This nest will contain large-scale models...
...used for social change.” For instance, an installation at the Muddy River by Jay Kamins put objects such as tea kettles and bottles that were on the river bed on pedestals to bring attention to the pollution of the water. NEST will bring attention to the varied uses of Harvard Square as home, thinking in part about the housing crisis in Cambridge...
...really hard to find Manuel Noriega. The U.S. Army knew Panama really well. Even if you have troops on the ground, you need to have spectacularly good intelligence and know exactly where you are going. You have to be vectored right on to the viper's nest. You go in there and shoot it up and look at all the faces and make sure you got the right guy. It is hard to envision a situation where you would get that perfect tactical intelligence for a ground attack." That hasn't dissuaded Bush. "Make no mistake about...