In Case Of Fire, Do Not Use This Fire Hydrant

Earlier this year, we AEP students were assigned with a task to wrap something in the school with cling wrap. This task is based on some of the works done by Christo, the artist we were just learning about. We went about the school in pairs, searching for something to wrap. We had ridiculous and unfeasible ideas such as wrapping a vending machine (which would probably get us into big trouble with the school as well) or wrapping a trash bin (the big green ones that can be pushed around on wheels) but in the end, Lero and I decided to settle with a fire hydrant (and up til now, I'm still not sure if that was really allowed, since it would be disastrous if there was a fire and the fire hydrant was rendered useless having been wrapped in cling wrap by us).

Me: Initial wrapping

Second layer of wrapping

Second last layer of wrapping

Here are some pictures of Lero and I taking turns to wrap the fire hydrant, all the while hoping that a fire wouldn't start in the science block while we were doing so. We chose the fire hydrant mostly because of its strange shape and we were wondering who it would turn out after being wrapped with a few layers of cling wrap. It was fun, I guess, especially since the fire hydrant was something we decided was outrageous to wrap, yet not outrageous enough for the school to flay us or something (I hope). Anyway, Christo and Jeanne-Claude has wrapped quite some outrageous stuff before (buildings, a coast etc) and hey, if we're gonna do something inspired by them, it should be as outrageous too, right? Now I'm beginning to wonder if we could have wrapped something better--sorry if my definition of 'better' is a bit warped--like... a person or something... 

This is the finished product of the wrapped fire hydrant. You can still see some red, because the cling wrap is translucent-ish and there wasn't enough cling wrap--but as much as I would prefer the fire hydrant to end up completely opaque, it wouldn't be environmentally friendly so... yeah. I think I like the knobbly look of the fire hydrant. Overall, it actually resembles something wrapped in thick spider web (which is nice~) 

In conclusion, I think I just may understand why Christo and Jeanne-Claude like to wrap things, exploring shape and texture and art. But it's a waste of resources and that's one thing I don't really approve on. And some of the things they wrap (such as the coast) could affect nature quite a bit too. Like the little critters that live there or something. Anyways, this is their website: http://www.christojeanneclaude.net/index.shtml if you're interested to know more about them.

Off topic: We unwrapped the fire hydrant later and there were a little flakes of red that came off with it. At least the fire hydrant remained red enough. I think it had just been newly repainted over the school hols that's why... =="