Jennifer Rubell “Mannequins” nutcrackers

why didn’t you guys tell me about this!!!! you know i love it.

from her website: 

In the Dallas Contemporary’s largest gallery space, Mannequins consists of 18 life-size interactive sculptures of women surrounding a pedestal holding one ton of Texas pecans. Each prefabricated female mannequin is mounted on her side in an odalisque position and has been retooled to function as a nutcracker. Visitors interact with each sculpture by placing a pecan in the mannequin’s inner thigh, then pushing down the upper leg to crack open the nut so they may eat it in the gallery. Inspired by nutcrackers depicting female figures - and in particular one found on the internet of Hillary Clinton - these interactive sculptures embody the two polar stereotypes of female power: the idealized, sexualized nude female form; and the too-powerful, nut-busting überwoman. The work also serves as a prompt to action, encouraging the viewer to transgress the traditional viewer-artwork boundary and complete the work by participating in it.

Computational Origami.  ::: prepare to nerd out:: Erik Demaine and Martin Demaine are mathematician artists at MIT.  They make these beautiful sculptures from folded paper. I am so excited to see some of these pieces at the upcoming Fuller Craft Museum show and also the Smithsonian 40 under 40 craft show. Gorgeous.

See more at the artists’ website:  http://erikdemaine.org/curved/

Learn about the history of curved origami here: http://erikdemaine.org/curved/history/