9/27/2005: Animated peeing sculpture

"Gotta go", is my only thought about this one; via Boing Boing, this is what appears to be public art in Vienna. I mean Prague.

There are peeing sculptures, and there are animatronic sculptures, but this artist appears to be the first to combine the two. From the English language web page for the project:

The idea is disarmingly simple. Two bronze sculptures pee into their oddly-shaped enclosure.

While they are peeing, the two figures move realistically. An electric mechanism driven by a couple of microproccesors swivels the upper part of the body, while the penis goes up and down. The stream of water writes quotes from famous Prague residents.

Visitor can interupt them by sending SMS message from mobile phone to a number, displayed next to the sculptures. The living statue then ‘writes’ the text of the message, before carrying on as before.

The web page features animations and videos (and audio!) so you can get an idea of what they're doing.

Just because you CAN do something, doesn't mean you SHOULD.

and still, no matter how hard you shake it -- that last drop still runs down your leg.

I wonder if the artist has the statues programmed to shake or tap?

Strange shape? Looks like the borders of Austria to me.

I remember seeing some statue of a little boy pissing into a fountain in Innsbruck. Can't remember what it's called though. I think it's near Maxamillian's apartment.

Also, where did they find that this is in Vienna? Everything I can find says it's in Prague -- including the site linked above.

My mistake, corrected.

This is going to be great fun after the first snowfall.

There should be snow.

How does the, uh ... slate get cleared, so to speak, between writings? Can you actually tell what's being <s>scribed</s>dribbled?

I think it's kind of gross that they are standing in their 'pee'. It's not like they're in the shower...

Someone needs to sneak some yellow dye into that fountain.

Maybe it's different in Vienna, but "realistically", peeing while bronze is not an option, whether you shake, tap, or strangle. At least not for me.

Oh, and ladies, when two guys have to take a leak a the same time and in the same place, we ALWAYS face the same direction, or away from each other. NEVER NEVER towards each other.

Life does NOT imitate art.

well at least they observe The Code of Silence.

Hmmm. A pattern begins to emerge...

Hmmm. A pattern begins to emerge...

And here...

Poor guy..... having to live mornings for eternity. I guess prostate problems are the least of this bronze god's worries. Always use caution when peeing "bronzed".....it'll put your eye out.

There is the little pee boy in Brussels too... they even dress him up in clothes. When I went to Belgium in high school, we bought this one kid on the trip a chocolate pee boy for his birthday. I really wish I would have purchased a pee boy corkscrew.

I didn't need to see that.

Ummmm.... are we sure that he's peeing, and not doing something else? He seems a bit "firm" even for a sculpture.

Or he's stuck with a perpetual morning pee boner...

How did the artist get Bon Jovi to pose for him?

We need to move this entire thread to the WTF thread because this is one big WTF! I don't know who's the real WTF here, the artist, the art it self, or purhaps the chic at the top of the ladder.

Interesting. Would you climb the ladder for a look?

I'd be curious, but afraid to look like a fool. I'm not sure if I would look in. I probably would, if there weren't too many people around.

I bet it's dark and smelly. That's about all I need to know.

Another installation of this same concept has the scuptures "vibrating and exuding a greasy liquid". Riiiiiiiiight.

Next!

Here's the Czech republic as seen from that angle from the northeast on Google Earth. I think we have a match.

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Another revelation of the ineffectiveness of security through obscurity. "random shape"... right.

Maybe this is some sort of political statement, you know "piss on the Czech republic".

Kind of like those stupid calvin's pissing on the ford or chevy or whatever that you see posted on trucks.

Maybe the statues represent particular Prague residents.

Don't you think it's all meant for contempt? I mean, there are these statues pissing out quotes of famous Prague residents, in a piss-filled Czech Republic-shaped structure. Adding to the insolence, the statues will even write out people's text messages in their urine.


This seems like a high-tech version of the Crucifix dumped in urine that was done years ago, but this time aimed at the Czech Republic, more specifically at the people of Prague.