TRANSMISSION LEVEL POINT

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“Das Seiende […] sind wir je selbst. Das Sein dieses Seienden ist je meines. Im Sein dieses Seienden verhält sich dieses selbst zu seinem Sein. Als Seiendes dieses Seins ist es seinem eigenen Sein überantwortet. Das Sein ist es, darum es diesem Seienden je selbst geht.”

©Philomena Famulok

For an ongoing project entitled Rainworks, Seattle-based artist Peregrine Church creates awesome works of street art that are only visible when it rains. It’s a particularly wonderful concept for a city renowned for its rainy weather Church uses a superhydrophobic coating to stencil images onto ordinary pavement. On a dry day the pieces are completely invisible, but when the surface gets wet, darkening the untreated concrete, the treated areas repel the moisture, which causes the stenciled images and/or text to appear. Depending on the amount of foot traffic the treated surface receives, Rainworks will last anywhere from 4 months to a year.

Watch this video to learn more about how Peregrine Church creates his dissapearing-reappearing artwork.

Want to try making Rainworks of your own? There are a variety of superhydrophobic coatings currently available, including a handy kit by Rust-Oleum.

Visit the Rainworks project page for additional images and information.

William Merritt Chase, Nude recumbent, 1888

Paul Sieffert, Reclining nude, n.d.

Leo Gestel, Reclining nude (seen from the back), 1911

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