Not the Ever Given: JR brings ballet to shipping containers

Ballerina jumping in shipping containers JR Le Harve

The Ever Given is finally free after blocking the Suez Canal for the best part of a week, causing a traffic jam of up to $9 billion a day in global trade.

As I was drinking my coffee this morning and thinking about a situation where a ship capable of carrying up to 20,000 containers can bring the trade routes to its knees, I realised that one of my favourite JR pieces uses shipping containers as a canvas fit for a ballet dancer.

The ballerina jumping in containers was from a series of photographs JR shot with dancers from the Paris Opera Ballet at the Port of Le Havre in 2014. Once the Suez drama starts to fade away, I'll be happy to be left with this beautiful artwork.

JR corner at home. Ballerina jumping in containers and ballerina in crate

JR: Omelia Contadina, San Gimignano, Italy

In other JR news, I was lucky enough to catch him lead a performative event with Alice Rohrwacher in San Gimignano last year. Check out the images of Omélia Contadina here.