Awhile ago my cousin sent me an email with a link by artist Chris Jordan, Running the Numbers.
Warning: the site takes a very long time to load, but be patient. Walk away and complete a task while it loads. I promise you will be blown away by these pictures.
I don't even know how to describe these pictures, so I'll let the artist do it for us: "Running the Numbers looks at contemporary American culture through the austere lens of statistics. Each image portrays a specific quantity of something: fifteen million sheets of office paper (five minutes of paper use); 106,000 aluminum cans (thirty seconds of can consumption) and so on... This project visually examines these vast and bizarre measures of our society, in large intricately detailed prints assembled from thousands of smaller photographs... I hope to raise some questions about the role of the individual in a society that is increasingly enormous, incomprehensible, and overwhelming." ~chris jordan, Seattle, 2007
I don't even know how to describe these pictures, so I'll let the artist do it for us: "Running the Numbers looks at contemporary American culture through the austere lens of statistics. Each image portrays a specific quantity of something: fifteen million sheets of office paper (five minutes of paper use); 106,000 aluminum cans (thirty seconds of can consumption) and so on... This project visually examines these vast and bizarre measures of our society, in large intricately detailed prints assembled from thousands of smaller photographs... I hope to raise some questions about the role of the individual in a society that is increasingly enormous, incomprehensible, and overwhelming." ~chris jordan, Seattle, 2007
I can not even fathom the pictures depicted on this website. For example,
Plastic Bottles, "Depicts two million plastic beverage bottles, the number used in the US every five minutes.
Cans Seurat (pictured above), "Depicts 106,000 aluminum cans, the number used in the US every thirty seconds.
Plastic Bags, "Depicts 60,000 plastic bags, the number used in the US every five seconds.
And it goes on.
Makes you think about the footprint we will be leaving on this amazing place we call home, Planet Earth.
Makes you think about the footprint we will be leaving on this amazing place we call home, Planet Earth.
