Wow, that's amazing. I love itOriginally Posted by Annamariah
But hey, there's one piece of art about half a kilometre from where I live and I kind of like it. It's a big gorilla made of old car tyres.
It might not be what Helsinki is known for, but it's the thing to see in my part of the town
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There was also a Hummer truck built of twigs and sticks in the nearest traffic circle for a while last autumn, but that work was only borrowed for a while from some young artist, I think. When I first caught a glimpse of it for a moment I was like "who has parked his car in the middle of a traffic circle?", then I took another look and realised it was made of wood
now THATS amazing!
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Yep, I agree. It's wicked!
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This is in my hometown:
Doesn't it just scream Welcome??
Do, or do not. There is no try. - Yoda
What is it called? Officially that is.This is in my hometown:
Doesn't it just scream Welcome??
I really don't know and couldn't find one on the the interwebs. We just call it the Joe Louis' fist statue.
Do, or do not. There is no try. - Yoda
Hanging by those wires it looks like you could push it from one end to make the fist punch someone... sure, I agree with you about the welcome part
I think it's brilliant.This is in my hometown:
Doesn't it just scream Welcome??
Very Welcoming.
"Come away O human child!To the waters of the wild, With a faery hand in hand, For the worlds more full of weeping than you can understand."
W.B.Yeats
"If it looks like a Dwarf and smells like a Dwarf, then it's probably a Dwarf (or a latrine wearing dungarees)"
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Great topic Lokasenna.
I was curious to know if the "Angel of the North" is fixed in place? It would seem that a decent gust of wind or a storm no less would allow the angel to take flight.
Buckminster Fuller's endearing legacy!
I like that one too Annamariah!Finland is such a small country that we don't have any huge monuments (even in Helsinki buildings are so low that a high tower/statue/thing would really pop out and look out of place), but some smaller ones of course.
...But hey, there's one piece of art about half a kilometre from where I live and I kind of like it. It's a big gorilla made of old car tyres.
It might not be what Helsinki is known for, but it's the thing to see in my part of the town
Papayahed,
I don't know what to say.
It certainly does not suggest that the town welcomes you with open arms.
More like clenched fists!
Very interesting (?) none the less.
Gilliatt
I've never gone that close to it, but it seems well bolted onto the scenery. Hasn't blown over yet!
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Recently its bridges that have become the new monuments in Dublin.
Here is the Latest.
Samuel Beckett Bridge
It is designed on a Harp lying sideways.It also opens by swinging into the centre of the river to allow boats to pass.
Before that was the Sean O' Casey Bridge (yes, most of our new bridges are being named after famous Irish Writers. Dublin is proud of its literary heritage!)
"Come away O human child!To the waters of the wild, With a faery hand in hand, For the worlds more full of weeping than you can understand."
W.B.Yeats
"If it looks like a Dwarf and smells like a Dwarf, then it's probably a Dwarf (or a latrine wearing dungarees)"
Artemins Fowl and the Lost Colony by Eoin Colfer
my poems-please comment Forum Rules
Ooh, I rather like that one! It looks surprisingly nice for a modern bridge.
"I should only believe in a God that would know how to dance. And when I saw my devil, I found him serious, thorough, profound, solemn: he was the spirit of gravity- through him all things fall. Not by wrath, but by laughter, do we slay. Come, let us slay the spirit of gravity!" - Nietzsche
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