Mariko Mori

THAT BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL BLOB
by Charlie Finch

Mariko Mori's press people just released her digital-only earth project to a breathless art world and, like everything she has ever done before, it is a paragon of mindless beauty.

The centerpiece is, once again, a glowing blob-shaped pod which functions like the space bounding bubble which used to capture Patrick McGoohan on the old "Prisoner" TV series, whenever he, playing Number 6, tried to escape. So too, Mori offers the illusion of escape, capture and return in a world of no meaning on your iPhone or laptop.

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