When Lego first came out with these multi-colored plastic bricks for children in the 1940’s, the product’s creators probably had no idea just how much of an impact these toy bricks would have in our lives.
Generations of these children have transformed into adults and far from being the toys that were the bane of parents’ feet the world over, these plastic bricks have inspired astounding feats of creativity that are truly works of art.
Fans have created Imperial Star Destroyers (from Star Wars) and even working plastic cars.
Watch the video of the Lego creation below.
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The Danish company even bought into this concept with their Lego Technic product line.
The Tate Modern gallery in London houses contemporary and modern art from around the world dating to the 1900’s until the present. And even Lego has managed to find its way into the collection.
Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson recently held a Lego-themed art installation in the gallery’s turbine hall in mid-August that consisted of two large tables. Visitors were then asked to make use of pure white Lego bricks to manifest their own visions of what a future city would look like through those bricks.
Other visitors are then free to modify, expand, or even take apart whatever has been created to bring about a dynamic plastic city landscape that was impressive to behold. It was an amazing display of creativity and camaraderie as each person tried to bring their vision to life.
Robert Allam, 33, was with his girlfriend at the expo and was impressed by the communal atmosphere.
Robert said: “The expo gave people an opportunity over three weeks to create what they hope or imagine will be the city of the future.
“The bricks were white for the sake of visual presentation. It was satisfying in a way to have it be monochrome.
“Everyone was free to take part and build using only white pieces. It was like an improvised micro-city.
“It was really cool to take part in. It was an interesting experience to see how people came together and build, instead of destroying.”
Eliasson first came up with this interesting concept in 2004. This particular Lego set doesn’t have instructions and each time the work is displayed in a new place, the bricks are reused and recycled.
Replaced!