Dan Tesene "Lessons of Excess"

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How much oil is consumed by the population daily? How many buildings would it take to house it all? Comparing oil production to the scale of midtown Manhattan, Dan Tesene contextualizes the magnitude of our consumption. Every day 84 million barrels are used, which would fill a structure 13 times the size of the empire state building. By dwarfing something we all relate to as being gigantic, the excess of depletion of this resource becomes concrete and comprehensible. This sculptural installation illustrates the perverse reality humans exist within, and the true drain of resources taking place 365 days a year.

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from September 17, 2010 to October 09, 2010

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Dan Tesene

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