http://crookedtimber.org/2004/01/01/the-weather-project/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:51:42 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://crookedtimber.org/2004/01/01/the-weather-project/comment-page-1/#comment-12374 ankit Sat, 24 Jan 2004 15:48:00 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=830#comment-12374 about timber about timber

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2004/01/01/the-weather-project/comment-page-1/#comment-12373 Michael Otsuka Fri, 02 Jan 2004 10:05:19 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=830#comment-12373 I wasn't impressed by the Tate sun. From the ground level, where I first caught a glimpse, it appeared washed out and artificial. I found it sort of creepy all those people lying on the concrete floor beneath the sun for long periods of time and staring at their images in the mirrors on the ceiling. I started imagining that this was some post-nuclear-holocaust underground cavern, the world above-ground rendered uninhabitable. The people miss the sun (and, in fact, have kind of forgotten what it looks like), so they construct this pale copy to worship. Then I started thinking of Plato's cave -- pale image on a wall of the real thing, but people loving it because they don't know any better. Then I realized that you guys in Britian haven't got a real sun to speak of. So I should be more understanding of your strange worship of the electric sun in the Tate. I wasn’t impressed by the Tate sun. From the ground level, where I first caught a glimpse, it appeared washed out and artificial. I found it sort of creepy all those people lying on the concrete floor beneath the sun for long periods of time and staring at their images in the mirrors on the ceiling. I started imagining that this was some post-nuclear-holocaust underground cavern, the world above-ground rendered uninhabitable. The people miss the sun (and, in fact, have kind of forgotten what it looks like), so they construct this pale copy to worship. Then I started thinking of Plato’s cave—pale image on a wall of the real thing, but people loving it because they don’t know any better. Then I realized that you guys in Britian haven’t got a real sun to speak of. So I should be more understanding of your strange worship of the electric sun in the Tate.

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2004/01/01/the-weather-project/comment-page-1/#comment-12372 Icy Hot Stunta Fri, 02 Jan 2004 05:20:52 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=830#comment-12372 "It is as if we are in the dying days of an aged planet." sounds familiar... “It is as if we are in the dying days of an aged planet.” sounds familiar…

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