Broken Factories

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Broken Factories

Entries: 32 Votes: 1,678 Ends On: 01 Jan 2011

Started on: November 1st, 2010 Ended on: January 1st, 2011 Tweet this contest Share this contest

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Broken Factories is a study of urban decay and entropy in North America's crumbling infrastructure. Photographers are asked to capture the effect that wind and rain and children throwing stones have on old buildings. Show the elements inside the properties dissolving back toward a more natural order. Make art to remind society that manufacturing centers are living things when they are occupied, but will decompose when abandoned.

Rudolf Arnheim's essay 'Entropy and Art' (1971), reminds us of the physics of each man-made element's "flight toward equilibrium." The oxidation of metals and the decomposition of brick buildings is evidence of man's unnatural assembly migrating back to the mineral ores from which it was created. Disorder flows toward order. Of course, it's hard for humans to comprehend that a balanced, equally distributed chaos is actually the natural order of things.More insight into Entropy as Art on the Lenzr blog.

Win a Toshiba Netbook courtesy of Solarsoft, a Canadian ERP software developer that makes integrated computer applications used by businesses to manage their operations, including production, financial control, materials handling, and human resources. Good ERP software accelerates the flow of information inside an organization and helps firms work more efficiently and improve customer service.

This company makes software for manufacturing, warehouse management and distribution with features designed by industry experts. Their products help drive business performance in sales, purchasing, finance, inventory and manufacturing (MRP). They also specialize in e-commerce and EDI, supply chain logistics and delivery management software.

Contest starts Nov 1st, 2010 and runs approximately 60 days. Voting begins December 20th and continues until the contest ends at 12:01 a.m. on the morning of January 1st, 2011. This contest is open to all Canadians age 13 years or older, but is not valid in Quebec.