Posts by Emma Taggart

Emma Taggart

Emma Taggart is a Staff Writer and Video Editor at My Modern Met. She earned a BA in Fashion and Textile Design at the University of Ulster in Belfast. Originally from Northern Ireland, she lived in Berlin for many years, where she fostered a career in the arts, dabbling in everything from illustration and animation to music and ceramics. She now calls Edinburgh home, where she continues to work as a writer, illustrator, and ceramicist. Her ceramics, often combined with hand-painted animation frames, capture playful scenes that celebrate freedom and movement, and blend her passion for art with storytelling. Her illustrations have been featured in The Berliner Magazine as well as other print magazines and a poetry book.
Installation
July 31, 2018

Giant NASA Space Blanket Might Be Covering This Year’s Burning Man

It’s not just wooden sculptures and bonfires that get scorched at Burning Man. The festival’s 70,000+ attendees also feel the heat of the Black Rock desert’s extreme environment. With temperatures reaching up to 100°F (40°C) during the day, festival goers usually have few places to escape from the sun; however, Russian artist Alex Shtanuk has created a solution to the Nevada heat, with a 107,640-square-foot (10,000-square-meter) “NASA” blanket.

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Art
July 23, 2018

Sister Duo Weaves Textured Wall Hangings Inspired by Australian Landscapes

Australian sister duo Lauren and Kass Hernandez create large-scale, handwoven fiber art inspired by Mother Nature and their surrounding landscape. Together known as Crossing Threads, their highly textural wall hangings are a visualization of their “dual personalities and contrasting abilities.” Each piece is crafted by intertwining sustainable and up-cycled materials, aiming to represent “the innate connection that we are all threads which make up the tapestry of life.

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Installation
July 18, 2018

65-Foot-Tall Hand-Crocheted Tree “Grows” Inside Zurich’s Central Train Station

Brazilian conceptual artist Ernesto Neto is renowned for filling public spaces with large-scale, immersive installations that blur the boundaries between the artwork and viewer. For his latest work—created in collaboration with the Fondation Beyeler—Neto created GaiaMotherTree, a giant, 65-foot tree-like crochet structure inside Zurich’s Central Station. The walk-in textile sculpture invites the public to enter via the base, through a myriad of brightly colored, hand-knotted cotton strips to find a relaxing space within.

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