[quote]To bicker over $4,800 in suburban development costs, when the city has $470,000 to blow on bad art in ridiculous places.
It seems all too fitting that Calgary’s latest public art project is a giant hole — it should serve as a symbol of money thrown away, for all the good it does us.
Not that there’s anything wrong with public art, when it’s done right, for the right reasons.
But there is something very wrong with art that Calgary is forced to buy, all because the rules are as rigid as this latest lame sculpture.[/quote]
[img]http://storage.canoe.ca/v1/dynamic_resize/sws_path/suns-prod-images/1297476573160_ORIGINAL.jpg?quality=80&size=420x[/img]
[url]http://www.calgarysun.com/2013/10/07/city-of-calgary-spends-470000-on-giant-blue-hole-on-far-flung-stretch-of-road-in-the-name-of-public-art[/url]
You can go here to see more strange art that are being planned [url]http://www.calgarysun.com/2013/10/09/sound-off-on-these-upcoming-calgary-public-art-projects[/url]
As pointless as the circle is, could you have picked a more obviously biased source?
It seems more intent on telling me why I should be enraged than on telling me about the art in question.
Calgary: Still better governed that most other major Canadian cities.
This reminds me of how TransLink paid $600000 for three art pieces at SkyTrain stations, then went right back to the government crying that they didn't have any money for upgrades.
It's okay, Beverly Hills spent more than that "fixing up" the metal blob.
[img]http://i39.tinypic.com/1z5rcid.jpg[/img]
That's my home city :')
God bless Canada
[QUOTE=BackSapper;42470400]That's my home city :')
God bless Canada[/QUOTE]
calgary represent
Nenshi's comments on it were pretty funny too, can't find the video source anymore but the [url=http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/10/09/calgary-mayor-hates-awful-new-public-art-installation-a-large-blue-circle-that-cost-the-city-471000/]National Post[/url] covered it. I kind of have to agree, although I left before they put it up
[QUOTE=Sgt-NiallR;42469658]
It seems more intent on telling me why I should be enraged than on telling me about the art in question.[/QUOTE]
Its a circle. I don't care about what it could mean artistically at that price.
[QUOTE=Rangergxi;42471546]Its a circle. I don't care about what it could mean artistically at that price.[/QUOTE]
It represents the hole in your wallet by not being able to handle money.
Welcome to Calgary, where we spend $18 million on a giant Chinese finger trap that nobody even uses.
[IMG]http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hg1mkEvzpfM/Tzqe8Q33CYI/AAAAAAAAAIw/nw-w6sumeUU/s1600/PeaceBridge0352PRV.JPG[/IMG]
Not as bad as Edmonton's steel balls right next to the highway.
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This costed the city $600,000
[t]http://lgilbertson.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/vancouver-abbotsford-mission-036.jpg[/t]
this is in my city
obnoxious public art that costs too much is like it's own genre
Wow, I must be really out of the loop as I live here and this is the first I've heard on this piece of shit.
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[QUOTE=Chocolate.;42472448]Welcome to Calgary, where we spend $18 million on a giant Chinese finger trap that nobody even uses.
[IMG]http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hg1mkEvzpfM/Tzqe8Q33CYI/AAAAAAAAAIw/nw-w6sumeUU/s1600/PeaceBridge0352PRV.JPG[/IMG][/QUOTE]
Oh come now, lots of people used it to watch the flood!
i don't have art in my city.
Toronto has a whole night dedicated to this kind of stuff every year. We call it Nuit Blance, it has such amazing things as thousands of bicycles stacked on top of each other and a giant pile of chairs on a metal frame. I don't get "modern art," especially these "sculptures."
At least in Islington/Etobicoke we've got those beautiful murals like this
[img]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7264/7772826044_878e673a94_z.jpg[/img]
all along Dundas St.
It makes you feel good right before you have to try and navigate this:
[img]http://www.ibiketo.ca/sites/default/files/images/SixPoints.preview.jpg[/img]
Kind of a preemptive apology.
[QUOTE=Chocolate.;42472448]Welcome to Calgary, where we spend $18 million on a giant Chinese finger trap that nobody even uses.
[IMG]http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hg1mkEvzpfM/Tzqe8Q33CYI/AAAAAAAAAIw/nw-w6sumeUU/s1600/PeaceBridge0352PRV.JPG[/IMG][/QUOTE]
I dont mind the peace bridge since it was kinda useful, but this.. is a fucking circle
[QUOTE=vagrant;42472539][t]http://lgilbertson.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/vancouver-abbotsford-mission-036.jpg[/t]
this is in my city
obnoxious public art that costs too much is like it's own genre[/QUOTE]
I quite like that :v:
This is worse than when they put those giant costumed pig statues around the city of Saskatoon.
They were everywhere and such an eyesore.
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Well, at least the city didn't waste as much money as Calgary.
[QUOTE=Number7Reds;42472737]This is worse than when they put those giant costumed pig statues around the city of Saskatoon.
They were everywhere and such an eyesore.
[IMG]http://a123.g.akamai.net/f/123/12465/1d/media.canada.com/idl/sasp/20130829/sasp_20130829_early_a3_03_i001.jpg[/IMG]
Well, at least the city didn't waste as much money as Calgary.[/QUOTE]
That sounds like they were trying to rip off the Winnipeg bear sculpture invasion
I don't know how much it cost but many years ago Winnipeg set up hundreds of polar bear statues around the city, and they were all painted differently to represent something (cancer foundation, blue bombers, stuff like that)
Was really cool honestly, they put them all up in one night so everyone woke up and was like "woah there's bears everywhere wtf"
[QUOTE=Number7Reds;42472737]This is worse than when they put those giant costumed pig statues around the city of Saskatoon.
They were everywhere and such an eyesore.
[IMG]http://a123.g.akamai.net/f/123/12465/1d/media.canada.com/idl/sasp/20130829/sasp_20130829_early_a3_03_i001.jpg[/IMG]
Well, at least the city didn't waste as much money as Calgary.[/QUOTE]
sounds similar to what jacksonville did once.
they put manatees all around the city.
50 of them. here's some of them: [URL]http://jacksonville.com/images/galleries/manatees/1.shtml[/URL]
[QUOTE=FelixDragon;42472788]That sounds like they were trying to rip off the Winnipeg bear sculpture invasion
I don't know how much it cost but many years ago Winnipeg set up hundreds of polar bear statues around the city, and they were all painted differently to represent something (cancer foundation, blue bombers, stuff like that)
Was really cool honestly, they put them all up in one night so everyone woke up and was like "woah there's bears everywhere wtf"[/QUOTE]
Sounds like all the moose statues I see across Ontario.
Waterville Maine, 1998
They spent over a million dollars redoing a parking lot and put this thing in the middle of the road. :v:
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Makes me wish there was an :alberta: emote with a crying oil rig.
I remember being in Berlin there was a giant u-shaped metal bar that was supposed to be a "gift" from France apologizing for hating Berlin for getting its ass kicked by Frederick the Great. I was told Berliners told France to keep it because it's literally just a giant bent piece of metal.
[img]http://www.artparasites.com/img/pictures/bernar-venat-arc-124.5-kurfurstendamm.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=DaCommie1;42472994]I remember being in Berlin there was a giant u-shaped metal bar that was supposed to be a "gift" from France apologizing for hating Berlin for getting its ass kicked by Frederick the Great. I was told Berliners told France to keep it because it's literally just a giant bent piece of metal.
[img]http://www.artparasites.com/img/pictures/bernar-venat-arc-124.5-kurfurstendamm.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
Berlin literally told France to get bent
[QUOTE=Geeray;42472482]Not as bad as Edmonton's steel balls right next to the highway.
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This costed the city $600,000[/QUOTE]
dear god and i was laughing at an art major the other day about how much money they don't make
maybe i should switch majors, hydrocarbons can make good sculptures right?
i'm all for public art at a reasonable price.
seriously, the cloud gate in chicago is "abstract" and "modern" but nobody is out there saying "wow ugh modern art get rid of that money-wasting filth."
when you pay 650k for a circle, what. if it was somebody buying it privately, ok, sure, but using public funds on art that isn't even particularly visually interesting? please no.
[QUOTE=Sableye;42473093]dear god and i was laughing at an art major the other day about how much money they don't make
maybe i should switch majors, hydrocarbons can make good sculptures right?[/QUOTE]
At least they'll be able to be a ~sandwich artist~ at Subway.
[t]http://www.brucemiddleton.com/temp/book4final_small.jpg[/t]
we need to go back to art-deco
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i could agree this costs a shit load and still looks beautiful some 80 years later, today's lazy modern minimalist sculptures just won't hold up to time
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