Today, playgrounds can float entirely on the ocean, or take the shape of an enormous, colorful crocodile.

Crocheted Jacaré is the latest work from Brooklyn-based artist Olek, who traveled to Brasil for the 2012 SESC Arts Show in order to encase a massive playground shaped like an alligator in her trademark crochet covering. With the help of several colleagues Olek covered the reptilian playscape in North Carolinian acrylic yarn and Brazilian ribbons over a period of several weeks. The SESC show runs through July 29th and you can see much more of Olek’s work on her website. More

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for the SESC arts show 2012 in são paulo, olek covers an alligator-shaped playground with a 'multicultural mix' of crocheted brazilian ribbons and american-spun acrylic yarn.

Art and play: can art be a playground? I’m starting my research by blogging about artworks that are also playgrounds, or can be seen as such. Looking at these examples set side-by-side I hope to get a ‘feel’ for art-as-a-playground. This is the first one that came to mind: Carsten Holler installing large slides at […]

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