Ted Noten - portfolio/projects

• 1
• 2

Mint museum, Charlotte USA, Project SLOW

SLOW
Subtitle: eleven women and 400 daisies
for more information go to:

http://www.mintmuseum.org/ten-ten-ten

This piece is grounded in the meetings I had with the Auxiliary women in Charlotte during my stay in the early spring 2010.

I was very impressed with the professionalism, the seriousness and passion with which the Auxiliary and their board members concern themselves regarding / facing the world.
Strong women who take their responsability, very selfaware and intelligent but at the same time sensitive and a little teasing!.

Togheter with written above, it stroke me the way they invest and passionatly put their effords in improving the status and financial position of the Mint Museum in Charlotte.

So to say, the Auxillery women inspired me to design this object.

The buste is designed on a computer and made by 3d printing. The basis of the head comes from Grace Kelly and the other parts were "stolen" from 10 american women through history whom I choosed out of respect for their effords and authenticity.(for the complete list please see below).
Designtechnically it explains why parts are coming out of the head- it looks like a sketch made with scissors and glue.

I wanted them to be part of the piece, I especially designed for the opening of the new Mint Museum and it becomes a conversation piece and is interactive. During the opening the Auxillery-board will wear a flower and it is clear that the flower comes from the Ted Noten piece!

It will take appr. 18 years before the buste is completely unveiled. This explains the title : SLOW. Within the years the new american woman will be revealed every year piece by piece when appr. 22 flowers will be taken away to the new boardmembers( they keep the flower).

Ingrediënts for the bust:
3 d printed nylon computer manipulated object , heavily goldplated.
400 flowers 3d printed white with (goldplated)magnet system to wear as a jewellrypiece.
Backpiece with little heart inside
Every piece is numbered 1/400-2/400-3/400 etc.