{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Street Art"],"cover":{"alt":"World’s Largest Painting: Bikini Lines","height":1520,"src":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/bikini-lines-world-largest-painting/bikini-lines-cactus-dome.jpg","width":2480},"credit":"","date":"2012-01-31T23:03:29Z","description":"With special permission from the Marshallese Government, the Bikini Lines project is going to paint the world’s largest painting on the enormous Cactus Dome!","html":"\u003cp\u003eI just fell from my chair. Toronto-born, Tokyo-based entrepreneur, occasional artist and almost architect \u003cstrong\u003eChristian Forestell\u003c/strong\u003e (here a short \u003ca href=\"http://www.underworldmagazines.com/interview-with-christian-forestell-from-bikinilines-net/\"\u003einterview\u003c/a\u003e) is right away starting the world’s largest painting project entitled \u003cem\u003eBikini Lines\u003c/em\u003e to benefit children orphaned in the 2011 Fukushima disaster!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"bikini-lines---the-cactus-dome-painting\"\u003eBikini Lines - The Cactus Dome Painting\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBikini Lines\u003c/em\u003e is a proposed massive, mixed media project inspired by a lack of standardized nuclear disaster reporting, in particular the panic that set in over Tokyo following the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and subsequent meltdown. Based on crowd-funding, the project’s main focus is on painting the huge \u003ca href=\"http://atlasobscura.com/place/cactus-dome\"\u003eCactus Dome\u003c/a\u003e on the Marshall Islands, an enormous, foot-and-a-half-thick, 107m wide dome consisting of 358 gigantic concrete panels built over a nuclear crater, seriously!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTherefore, Christian is searching for artists, videographers, photographers and writers to paint, document and cover the event live. And of course the crowd-funded project is searching for supporters, so make sure to form your own opinion about \u003ca href=\"http://www.bikinilines.net\"\u003ethis unbelievable project\u003c/a\u003e!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSounds like a great idea and it’s probably a great chance to visit some South Pacific atolls. Their IndiGoGo campaign launches February 1st - I’ll keep you posted!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUpdate:\u003c/strong\u003e The \u003ca href=\"http://www.indiegogo.com/Bikini-Lines?c=home\"\u003eBikini Lines funding campaign\u003c/a\u003e just started. so go and crowd-fund this amazing project!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"external-video\" aria-label=\"YouTube video\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVideo / YouTube\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe YouTube player loads only when you choose to load it; YouTube then receives your connection information.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4YwHuZr75o\" rel=\"noreferrer\"\u003eWatch on YouTube\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cbutton type=\"button\" data-video-src=\"https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Z4YwHuZr75o\" data-video-title=\"YouTube video referenced by World’s Largest Painting: Bikini Lines\" hidden\u003eLoad YouTube player\u003c/button\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"video-player\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/section\u003e\n\n","markdown":"\n\n\n\n\n\nI just fell from my chair. Toronto-born, Tokyo-based entrepreneur, occasional artist and almost architect **Christian Forestell** (here a short [interview](http://www.underworldmagazines.com/interview-with-christian-forestell-from-bikinilines-net/)) is right away starting the world’s largest painting project entitled *Bikini Lines* to benefit children orphaned in the 2011 Fukushima disaster!\n\n\n## Bikini Lines - The Cactus Dome Painting\n\n\n*Bikini Lines* is a proposed massive, mixed media project inspired by a lack of standardized nuclear disaster reporting, in particular the panic that set in over Tokyo following the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and subsequent meltdown. Based on crowd-funding, the project’s main focus is on painting the huge [Cactus Dome](http://atlasobscura.com/place/cactus-dome) on the Marshall Islands, an enormous, foot-and-a-half-thick, 107m wide dome consisting of 358 gigantic concrete panels built over a nuclear crater, seriously!\n\nTherefore, Christian is searching for artists, videographers, photographers and writers to paint, document and cover the event live. And of course the crowd-funded project is searching for supporters, so make sure to form your own opinion about [this unbelievable project](http://www.bikinilines.net)!\n\nSounds like a great idea and it’s probably a great chance to visit some South Pacific atolls. Their IndiGoGo campaign launches February 1st - I’ll keep you posted!\n\n**Update:** The [Bikini Lines funding campaign](http://www.indiegogo.com/Bikini-Lines?c=home) just started. so go and crowd-fund this amazing project!\n\n[Video on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4YwHuZr75o)\n","tags":["Art Festival","Concrete Art","Painting","Marshall Islands"],"title":"World’s Largest Painting: Bikini Lines","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/bikini-lines-world-largest-painting/"}