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Jul. 25th, 2006 06:10 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
plonqApparently somebody made themselves busy while we slept. When I arrived at work this morning there was a new 4 metre statue in front of my building. I'm pretty sure that it wasn't there when I went home yesterday because a 4 metre statue in front of your building is not an easy thing to miss.
From a distance I thought that it was a native piece, because it appeared to depict ravens, but as I got closer I realized that it wasn't in the traditional native style - either in design or content. As I approached from the east I could tell that it depicted an anthropomorphic raven of some kind who was pointing at our building. His expression and demeanour were very tourist-like. I could also tell that he was carrying something on his back, but from the angle of approach and the early-morning lighting I couldn't tell exactly what it was. When I finally got close enough to get a better angle on it, the answer was a little stranger than I'd expected.
He had a chair slung over his back on shoulder straps, and sitting on the chair was a she-raven with a cell phone pressed to her ear.
Apparently they went out and erected a series of statues along Portage avenue last night. From the sound of it, this is the largest (or tallest at least) of them. It's similar to last year's "Bears on Broadway" exhibit, except on a smaller scale, and longer-running. These are expected to be up until sometime later in 2007. I may have to go for a walk at lunch and see if I can spot any more of these intriguing artworks.
Tasteless picture of the day.
From a distance I thought that it was a native piece, because it appeared to depict ravens, but as I got closer I realized that it wasn't in the traditional native style - either in design or content. As I approached from the east I could tell that it depicted an anthropomorphic raven of some kind who was pointing at our building. His expression and demeanour were very tourist-like. I could also tell that he was carrying something on his back, but from the angle of approach and the early-morning lighting I couldn't tell exactly what it was. When I finally got close enough to get a better angle on it, the answer was a little stranger than I'd expected.
He had a chair slung over his back on shoulder straps, and sitting on the chair was a she-raven with a cell phone pressed to her ear.
Apparently they went out and erected a series of statues along Portage avenue last night. From the sound of it, this is the largest (or tallest at least) of them. It's similar to last year's "Bears on Broadway" exhibit, except on a smaller scale, and longer-running. These are expected to be up until sometime later in 2007. I may have to go for a walk at lunch and see if I can spot any more of these intriguing artworks.
Tasteless picture of the day.
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Date: 2006-07-25 12:41 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2006-07-25 12:53 pm (UTC)Still, it's kind of cool having our own resident graven raven out front.
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Date: 2006-07-25 02:37 pm (UTC)It's sort of cool, but some are just stupid.
Case in point, the cubes at portage and Garry. The funny thing about this one is that it resembles the real piles of bricks that have been sitting there for over a week now. They city (or whoever) is supposed to remove the old concrete pad below the non-existant bus shelter and install the bricks. But, they're still in a huge mess of a pile with twisted metal road blocks thrown in for fun. Also, the piles are so close to the road that buses can't stop next to them.
So, you have the very colourful "statue" of cubes next to a disaster of bricks. Quite a contrast.