TEDxNASA - Chakaia Booker - 11/20/09

Chakaia Booker - Artistic Exploration and Experimentation
A penchant for scavenged rubber, Chakaia Booker began a career assembling the strips and shreds of discarded Goodyears and Firestones into intricate, elaborate, widely acclaimed sculpture. Her work has a fully organic presence. For a NASA-commissioned memorial project, she disassembled a tire once used by the ill-fated space shuttle Columbia. Bookers work communicates her need to utilize her skills as a means of experimentation and exploration.
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[@Jaguar2003ful]

Art is truly in the eye of the beholder! The median is left to the imagination.

[@riceisart]

My favorite sculpture was "The Fatality of Hope" . She's amazing!