Things you can do with a Rubik’s cube

Though is not news, I was amazed to come across the works of North American Pete Fecteau, who created an incredible mosaic of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. using 4300 Rubiks cubes. The piece weighs roughly 1000 pounds (454kg). Each cube has been “reversed solved” or twisted so that one of the faces maps it’s nine stickers into the total image, 38,178 stickers total. The construction process took a little over 40 hours and the final installation to about five and a half hours with 6 volunteers helping. The cubes were rented through the You Can Do The Cube organization. The mosaic was on display during the 2010 ArtPrize competition in Grand Rapids, Michigan USA from September 22nd to October 10th.

Pete attended Plymouth State University in Plymouth, New Hampshire from August 2001 – May 2002 where he was enrolled in the Graphic Design program. He then transfered to Kendall College of Art & Design in Grand Rapids, Michigan and graduated in 2007 with a BFA in Digital Media Design. Pete was hired as an interaction design out of college and continues to work in that field today.

More info at http://petefecteau.com/