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100,000 staples arranged over 40 hours.
To see photographs go to peterroot.com/index.php?/projects/ephemicropolis/

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  • Color Lounge - Cedric Riveau 1 year ago
    Huuuuuuge! I loooove the idea! Thanx!
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  • Felipe Tofani 1 year ago
    pretty cool
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  • Jude 1 year ago
    OMG! I've tried this before, never had so many pins to work with tho! i hate you for doing such a good job! hehe
    I wish i had so many stapler pins!!
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  • James Théophane Jnr 1 year ago
    Patience, vision and a very steady hand. I love it!
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  • electronbeam 1 year ago
    very cool :)
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  • Jay Bflag 1 year ago
    Superb !
    ;-)
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  • Amir Hafezi - Corel Design 1 year ago
    hello

    Very nice idea
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  • Leo Pat 1 year ago
    Art lives.
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  • NaViTo 1 year ago
    Really cool! Great work.
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  • Chas. Allan 1 year ago
    Would have loved to see at the end, as a way to clean up, a huge magnet lowered from the ceiling. Then filmed that in slow-mo...
  • Peter Root 1 year ago
    I've already ordered the magnets!
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  • Thomas Ozanne 1 year ago
    Holy crap Pete... That's a lot of staples. I love the way the light and shadows move over time, but that's nature so I won't say well done. I guess you got an interval timer then?

    How many times did you knock over a really complex arrangement and have to start again? I saw it happen a couple of times on the video.

    Is there a high quality version of the video I can download?

    When you going to trash it? Try and use a high frame rate camera. Super slow-mo magnet death would look cool.
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  • ••ANTIPHON•FiLMS•• 1 year ago
    Holy frig.
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  • Pam Henry 1 year ago
    Ephenomenal!!!!!
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  • manuel arciniega 1 year ago
    Fantástico!! BRAVO!!!
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  • Bugulab Studio 1 year ago
    Amazing! Love it!!!
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  • Huub van Veenhuyzen 1 year ago
    Bet he's not a big fan of magnets.
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  • Cole Benson plus 1 year ago
    Great work, where was this produced?
  • Peter Root 1 year ago
    Thanks Cole. This incarnation was installed in the atrium of Northern Trust (Bank) in Guernsey, Channel Islands. I've just completed the latest version which is featured in Encore des Tours? an exhibition in Bordeaux - atelier-dartois.com/

    Pete
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  • Du Beluco 1 year ago
    very cool idea!
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  • Francisco Diez Morra 1 year ago
    Great, but wheres the mc donalds??
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  • IRRS BMX 1 year ago
    la media paja!!!
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  • Bruno Martins 1 year ago
    Cool!!
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  • Rawr Talent 1 year ago
    Great!
    Featured at fwdslashnew.com
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  • Federico Allegretti 1 year ago
    you are crazy dude :D
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  • david diaz 1 year ago
    Me say: BRUTAL!!
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  • EiO 8 months ago
    awesome but would love more with something to hear in the back :P
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  • John Columbo 3 months ago
    Very cool! It inspired me to write this song for it audiojungle.net/item/steel-patience/712424 ... if you'd like to use it let me know; I can even sync it to the video for ya.

    Good luck in your future endeavors.
  • Peter Root 3 months ago
    Hi John. I've sent you an email.

    Thanks for the contact. Peter
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  • John Columbo 3 months ago
    Hey Peter. Got the email. Thanks for allowing me to add music... what a privilege.

    You can find the new soundtracked version over here vimeo.com/31351211
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