switch to fall — dreams decay

Days as long as months, the noop treasures the time with his favorite new companion. The perfect playmate, nism, gives glee to the noop with his slithering sucker hugs. His elated mood, always clear in his colourful aura. Countless hours of innocent fun ends with them dipping into the shade of a calm oasis, as the noop glides his paw! kite in the soft afternoon breeze.

Before long, their welcoming surroundings fade to illusion. All the life that exists between them becomes withered and gnarled. Every drop of moisture escapes into the shuddering air. From above, everything begins to tumble into an orchestrated downward spiral. The disoriented noop and nism scramble and grasp for anything to hold on to, as the ground beneath them begins to disintegrate.

Each of them manages to cling to a tiny flake of earth, before being hurled around a cycle of colliding matter. Draining into a dead gray, nism's once supple limbs become stiff and dry.  Paralyzed, he longs to be protected by a firm embrace. The noop fends for himself, cowering away from from the onslaught of whirling fragments that attack him from every angle. They catch sight of each other for an instant, but then continue to fall deep into the abyss.

catch the falling friends

The hunched noop and nervous nism hide in soft black sponge, waiting to be saved. They are protected in a heavy hand crafted cardboard box, 6 tone printed and stamped with nism’s eye of gold. Pull at the ‘noop’ and ‘nism’ fabric tags to reveal the two shaken souls. In the kite bag, you will find the noop’s paw! kite. Set it up and let the paw! loom high above the troubled duo, tinted with red and golden autumn accents and surrounded by c-o-a-r-s-e leaves, as their world begins to crumble around them. Includes one family&friends application card.

casting shadows
switch to fall
[limited to 200 pcs]

Availability

"shadows over paradise" exhibition, Taipei
NTD 9200
Price includes global airmail shipping
A designated qty is currently available for pre-sale at Paradise [Taipei, Taiwan]
Orders at Paradise include an exclusive signed A2 Poster
International orders are now accepted [by email only]

coarsehkg — the coarse online store
HK$ 2488
Price includes global airmail shipping
On sale July 18, 2011 — exclusively at coarsehkg.
10:59 pm Hong Kong
04:59 pm Berlin
10:59 am New York
07:59 am Los Angeles

All orders shipping late August 2011

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