I don’t know why, but I’m a sucker for things in miniature. And things en masse. And things that are ginormous. I think the operative word here is “sucker”.
But just try to tell me that this isn’t amazing:
More can be found in a Telegraph.UK article – make sure to click through the gallery. There’s some wowzali stuff in there. via WonderHowTo.com, also responsible for pointing me toward the large scale this:
As for the en masse, well, you have to check out Ik-Joong Kang.
I saw his work at the Venice Biennale in 1997 (“Throw Everything Together and Add”) and was just completely boggled at the sheer volume (and the time it represented). Lately it seems he’s been cheating by getting 50,000 South Korean Children to do his work for him).
