Shibbolette anyone?
From the Recreate a Famous Work of Art challenge. See all 133 entries (closed)
( , Fri 17 Oct 2008, 12:38, archived)
From the Recreate a Famous Work of Art challenge. See all 133 entries (closed)
( , Fri 17 Oct 2008, 12:38, archived)
If you are interested,
it is a Doris Salcedo’s Shibboleth in miniature.
I made a small deep tub of mortar (concrete would be no good as the aggregate would be too large).
When it was nearly set I cut it into separate sections with a false crack and then floated the mortar into those, so that essentially I had several sections of mortar, mortared together.
This I broke apart this morning.
I made a tiny 1.5 inch pointing trowel out of a margarine pot lid and a roofing nail too.
You heathen fool!
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Fri 17 Oct 2008, 12:40,
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I made a small deep tub of mortar (concrete would be no good as the aggregate would be too large).
When it was nearly set I cut it into separate sections with a false crack and then floated the mortar into those, so that essentially I had several sections of mortar, mortared together.
This I broke apart this morning.
I made a tiny 1.5 inch pointing trowel out of a margarine pot lid and a roofing nail too.
You heathen fool!
No
it really really isn't
The crack in the tate has to be the biggest mis-use of the space ever.
It was crap.
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Fri 17 Oct 2008, 12:42,
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The crack in the tate has to be the biggest mis-use of the space ever.
It was crap.
I think that it was actually quite impressive.
The pure process of creating it was impressive and in that barren area the juxtaposition (which was not part of her purpose - she was trying to highlight racial injustice) was beautiful.
I think hers offered a better ROI than mine and mine only cost about £2 to make.
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Fri 17 Oct 2008, 12:47,
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I think hers offered a better ROI than mine and mine only cost about £2 to make.
Should have just gone outside and taken a photo of Council upkeep failure
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Fri 17 Oct 2008, 12:41,
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NSFW!
The big plastic hoover helped take the smell away,
but there was a lot of smoke.
Can you see this?
2.bp.blogspot.com/_qaPySuPxX1M/SPedEnv6UXI/AAAAAAAAA50/vLjAOon3I-4/s400/vasectomy-26.jpg
Or this (big version): 2.bp.blogspot.com/_qaPySuPxX1M/SPedEnv6UXI/AAAAAAAAA50/vLjAOon3I-4/s1600-h/vasectomy-26.jpg
It is a sodding soldering iron!
NSFW!
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Fri 17 Oct 2008, 12:52,
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but there was a lot of smoke.
Can you see this?
2.bp.blogspot.com/_qaPySuPxX1M/SPedEnv6UXI/AAAAAAAAA50/vLjAOon3I-4/s400/vasectomy-26.jpg
Or this (big version): 2.bp.blogspot.com/_qaPySuPxX1M/SPedEnv6UXI/AAAAAAAAA50/vLjAOon3I-4/s1600-h/vasectomy-26.jpg
It is a sodding soldering iron!
NSFW!
Fuck clicking
or fuck having a soldering iron thrust into your gonads?
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Fri 17 Oct 2008, 12:58,
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fuck, i can't believe you actually made it, rather than just finding a crack in the pavement or something.
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Fri 17 Oct 2008, 12:41,
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well, i suppose if you can no longer impregnate the missus you've gotta find some kind of crack that's worthwhile.
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Fri 17 Oct 2008, 12:51,
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i love the patch job
they've done at the tate.
just filled in the crack and smoothed over so you can see where it was.
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Fri 17 Oct 2008, 12:42,
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just filled in the crack and smoothed over so you can see where it was.
A good copy.
I just read the blurb on the original - what a load of of pretentious wank!
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Fri 17 Oct 2008, 12:43,
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Yes, it is a little sad that they fucked up something which was actually quite breathtaking
by pretending it was more than just pretty.
I did use the original as a model when I was segmenting the nearly dry mortar.
For myself, I placed kitchen weights under the block and pressed down at the edges. Doris obviously was not able to do that with the Tate, I think her construction of the piece was impressive.
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Fri 17 Oct 2008, 12:49,
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I did use the original as a model when I was segmenting the nearly dry mortar.
For myself, I placed kitchen weights under the block and pressed down at the edges. Doris obviously was not able to do that with the Tate, I think her construction of the piece was impressive.
Decent engineering is always impressive - see anything by Kingrom Brunel
But this does not make it art.
The singular most impressive thing in the Tate (with one exception) is the gantry crane in the main hall. The one exception was that "sun" setting into the mirrors of the roof. That was trés cool.
That means that the best thing in the Tate is not art. Oh, the irony.
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Fri 17 Oct 2008, 12:54,
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The singular most impressive thing in the Tate (with one exception) is the gantry crane in the main hall. The one exception was that "sun" setting into the mirrors of the roof. That was trés cool.
That means that the best thing in the Tate is not art. Oh, the irony.