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This event took place in July
2004, with over 50 international and Honduran artists, both painters and
sculptors, creating artworks in public places all over the city of Tegucigalpa
in Honduras.
Arte Para Todos was the brainchild of UN DP coordinator for
Honduras, Mr. Peter Claesson. The theme for the event was to highlight, through
art, any of the 8 objectives set out in the United Nations delineated
Millennium Development Goals.
I was privileged to be able to place my
sculpture in the Honduran United Nations park itself: El Picacho, a beautiful
mountain park overlooking the city of Tegucigalpa.
It is a permanent
installation - an interactive sculpture called "Children = Future" (children
equals future), some 15 x 27 metres in dimensions, consisting of over 200
colorful blocks featuring children's footprints and a variety of designs,
ranging from comic to esoteric.
Below is a composite
showing several views of the finished sculpture.
Making the cement blocks for
"Children = Future" during ARTE PARA TODOS event in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, July
2004
Laury Dizengremel and a Honduran
child creating two of the footprints designs
Just a few of the 200 cement blocks
for the sculpture curing in a water through
The stained cement blocks had to
dry - they made a colorful impression all on their own.
The fabulous
concrete stains were generously donated by
The Stamp Store for
this project.
Further staining and letting the
cement blocks cure and dry further under the hot Honduran sun
The Honduran Travertine marble
block with an inscription by L. Ron Hubbard
Just a portion of the sculpture
newly installed in the El Picacho United Nations park of
Tegucigalpa
Honduran children playing on the
interactive sculpture
Central marble block and a portion of the
sculpture seen in the distance
An overall view from a higher
hilltop of the interactive sculpture - now a permanent
installation
Being photographed by the press
with the First lady of Honduras
receiving books about the philosopher whose quote I used for the sculpture
The First Lady and sculptor Laury
Dizengremel in the Presidential palace of Honduras
One of several meetings
and functions during the Arte Para Todos event.
Click on any
thumbnail image for a larger view.
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