090717_at_BRIDGE GALLERY (NYC)
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Echinoids | THEVERYMANY | Bridge Gallery | 2009 | nyc
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"-oid" is derived from the Latin suffix -oides taken from Greek and meaning "having the likeness of". Thus it is a suffix much used in the sciences and mathematics to indicate a "similarity, not necessarily exact, to something else".
Thus Rhomboid means "like a rhombus". Because -oid denotes similarity, not necessarily exact, but can also denote exactness, in chemistry the suffix refers to a very large class of related compounds, natural and/or synthetic. Examples include steroid (of which sterols are just one smaller group) and alkaloid. (ie wikipedia)
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From many parts...
Long. 13.5ft - Larg. 5ft - Height 7.5ft
530 modules
25 Sheets (4*8") Walnut veneer (800 Sft) + olive oil
1600 of Elastic bras straps (Brown, Black, Navy Blue)
4500 screws
To logistic of parts...
Lacing time: 1/2h/module - 40 modules/day!
"RUSTIC COMPUTATION"...
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THEVERYMANY | Marc Fornes, Skylar Tibbits, Mat Staudt
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