Is this a meme, a theme or just a thing? See the previous post on
scarlet tubular effusions in Auckland, Hamilton and Cambridge. Here’s another
one, in Palmerston North. Clearly, they are heading south. Residents of Foxton
and Bulls will be apprehensive. Even Otaki cannot be complacent.
This is The
Giants Among Us by Konstantin Dimopoulos. The Manawatu Standard reported on 8 May that it
is:
a two-stage work made of bright, slender fibreglass rods that sway softly in the breeze, or whip wildly in the wind. Clever lighting will seem to set them afire at night. [. . .] The sculpture is the latest funded by the Palmerston North Public Sculpture Trust; the seventh to be installed in the city.More information here.
Tomorrow, Dimopoulos will install the other part of the work across Cuba St.
The installation work is timed to be in sync with Palmerston North City Council work to the intersection of Cuba, George and Taonui streets.
2 comments:
Writing from Melbourne, there is at least one public - around Fed Square, I think. However, if you focus on the material/media/medium, there is an earlier example at Rongotai Airport by a different artist (as I recall).
its a thing
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