Pigeon-Puzzling Art and the ‘Ego Washer’ | Insta of the Week

April 29, 2016, 2:00pm

“It’s All For Nothing”: A temporary outdoor installation using 5000 ten-cent Euro coins by Norwegian artist Marie Skeie and The Crystal Ship. Thanks to Karine Lalieux, Manwho Angeli and the city of Brussels.

A photo posted by The Crystal Ship (@thcrstlshp) on Apr 29, 2016 at 6:22am PDT

The Crystal Ship street art festival in Belgium yielded some of the most clever and eye-popping public art of this year thus far, including Marie Skeie’s pigeon-puzzling map of the world, made from loose euros (above), a large-scale

A photo posted by The Crystal Ship (@thcrstlshp) on Apr 9, 2016 at 7:23am PDT

” target=”_blank”>land mural of a sleeping giant by Ella & Pitr, and Biancoshock’s Instagram-washing machine hybrid, The Ego Washer. One look at that piece and you’ll never be able to look at washing machines as anything but the Instagram logo ever again.

The city of Ostend, where the festival has taken place since 2010, also hosted the likes of 1010, Pixelpancho, Isaac Cordal, Fintan Magee, Roa, Cyrcle, and Zio Zigler. The fair wrapped up at the end of last week, but new images of the completed works are still trickling out. Check out these images in the Instagrams below.

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Instagram. Ego Washer. @biancoshock curated by @nuartfestival. No words needed

A photo posted by The Crystal Ship (@thcrstlshp) on Apr 9, 2016 at 10:41am PDT

“It’s All For Nothing”: A temporary outdoor installation using 5000 ten-cent Euro coins by Norwegian artist Marie Skeie and The Crystal Ship. Thanks to Karine Lalieux, Manwho Angeli and the city of Brussels.

A photo posted by The Crystal Ship (@thcrstlshp) on Apr 29, 2016 at 6:22am PDT

Paris-based artist @seth_globepainter is a unique interpreter of a lost childhood vision

A photo posted by The Crystal Ship (@thcrstlshp) on Apr 28, 2016 at 9:37am PDT

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Goooodmorning Oostende! Sun is out and @pixelpancho his work looks Pixel perfect! #thecrystalship #loveoostende #muurkunst

A photo posted by The Crystal Ship (@thcrstlshp) on Apr 7, 2016 at 2:37am PDT

German artist 1010 makes colourful optical illusions. Get your mind tricked on a wall in Oostende! #loveoostende #thecrystalship #1010ZZZ @1010zzz

A photo posted by The Crystal Ship (@thcrstlshp) on Apr 6, 2016 at 9:44am PDT