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Dover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-01-07 02:23 AM
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Massive land sculpture pays tribute to the farmer

WOW! I'd love to see a satellite image too!

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Face of farming

Thousands of Chinese students have taken part in a giant piece of performance art to pay tribute to the country's farmers.



The university students chanted: "I am the son of mother earth," as they stood in a field of 96 faces they had dug out of the soil.

It took a day for the students from the college of Fashion and Arts, Zhongyuan University of Technology, to make the 96 faces in a field on their campus.

The work was named 'Lao Wan' (Old Ten Thousand) by its creator, Professor Wang Gang.

Prof Wang says he wants society to be more concerned about farmers, reports Zhengzhou Evening News...cont'd

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2263258.html
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ClintonTyree Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-01-07 04:40 AM
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1. Does that include the wheat gluten producers....
that have killed or permanently injured the world's pet population? :shrug: Just asking.
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xchrom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-01-07 05:58 AM
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2. i love earth art -- and this would really be something to see.
Edited on Sun Apr-01-07 06:11 AM by xchrom
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