Wimbledon Grass Art
Following Rafa Nadal’s epic victory over Federer i thought i’d bring up a cool art installation that could be seen at Wimbledon. Before i get to that though… How good was the final! I think it was inevitable that these two would meet in the final but i don’t think anyone thought it would live up to the hype. I think the most interesting challenge going forward is… can Federer win at Roland Garris? I would love to see genuine competition at every major. Throw in Djokovic and maybe someone like Murray on hardcourt and it might get very interesting over the next few tournaments.
HSBC enlisted British artists Heather Ackroyd and Dan Harvey to create “grass photographs” for HSBC’s partnership with the Wimbledon tennis tournament. Harnessing seedling grass light sensitivity, Ackroyd and Harvey, who are known for similar work worldwide, record photographic images by projecting black and white negatives onto grass as it grows in a dark room for 12 hours per day for more than a week. The grass grows in accordance to the modified light exposure, thus the photo “develops” on a living canvas. Three people featured who represent the essence of Wimbledon: Tara Moore, competing in the qualifying tournament; Eddie Seaward, head groundsman at Wimbledon for the last 15 years; and Lizzie May, a coach for the Wimbledon Junior Tennis Initiative.
