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PHOTOGRAPHY BY:
A: Paul Body
B: Nick Nacca
C: Chris Wimpey
D: Carl Vanderschuit
Barrio Logan-based graphic artist and branding expert, Ron
Miriello, says that, in today’s cloudy economic climate, his
clients aren’t taking financial risks on creative projects.
Taking an artistic risk of his own, he created 50 interpretations
of the globe, on display through March 26 at Jett Gallery in Little Italy.
“I remember, as a kid, spinning a globe and putting my finger down and
then looking and saying, ‘Who’s in that little village? What are they doing
right now?’” Miriello says. “It would transport me.
“I really think there is something about the object of the spinning globe
and its completeness that just does not translate into flat mapping and GPS.”
To create his 100 Worlds Project, which will include another 50 globes
later in the year, Miriello drew upon his education in sculpture, employing a
team of other local artists and craftsmen to help. Each of the 50 globes was
captured by a different photographer, whose work is part of the installation.
Miriello used everything from cardboard classroom globes he bought
at thrift stores to expensive metal models he found on eBay. Other globes
were fashioned from wire cable, cigar boxes, shoe soles, old geography
books and various repurposed objects.
One piece is Miriello’s interpretation of the BP oil spill and its effect on
the planet.
“It’s this very pristine, stainless steel globe that is being pinned down by
this stretched piece of rubber, which to me is very emblematic of what was
happening—the thought of us being held down by our own consequence.”
—Pat Sherman
A.
100 Worlds Project
Dates: Through March 26
Venue: Jett Gallery,
Little Italy
Info: jettgallery.net
See more photos at
pacificsandiego.com
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B. C.
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