Artist Liz Hickok models and molds the city of San Francisco in Jell-O(tm). She then makes color prints and videos of the result.
I am certain there is ample room for a snarky comment here about San Franciso politics & culture (after all, the artist did model City Hall in "red" Jell-O—which seems right to me) but as strange as it sounds, this really is art and it trancends the snide and snarky. Cleverly, one video of the results is named "Earthquake." It all seems exactly right and it is surprisingly fascinating.
I first came across the technique of making something "unreal" and then taking a photograph (which is always "real", right?) in the art of Sandy Skoglund. I've got a copy of her "Radioactive Cats" poster.
(Via Virginia Postrel and LiquidTreats.)
