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13,138 Dices Were Used To Make A Portrait of Tobias Wong

When Canadian artist and designer Tobias Wong passed away in 2010, his friend Frederick McSwain constructed a massive portrait to pay tribute to his friend who lived 13,138 days, which is symbolic of the 13,138 dice, which were utilized. To create this portrait, McSwain laid down carefully to organize them into individual sheets of 361 pieces without adhesive on the floor. He told Core77:

“The idea of a die itself was appropriate—the randomness of life. It felt like [a medium] he would use. Because [Tobias] was a very street-level force, I thought it was appropriate [to install] the portrait on the floor. Its not something I wanted to suspend on the wall; I wanted it to be right there on the floor where you almost interact with it."