October 25, 2006: House on museum

Undertoad · 10-25-2006, 11:49 AM

Neatorama notices this item I'd previously picked up on Ananova.

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A house has been 'dropped upside down' on the roof of the Viennese Museum of Modern Art.

The art project, entitled House-Attack by top local sculptor Erwin Wurm, is supposed to look as if the house has fallen out of the sky and landed on the famous museum in the centre of the Austrian capital.

It actually took two cranes to put the huge sculpture into place, which is complete with a red roof, window boxes and a TV antenna.

So far, so good. Now the part he doesn't get away with:

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The artist said his work was a statement against over-development.

Wurm said: "There are hundreds of thousands of houses and they are spreading like a plague, like a cancer across our land."

"How horrible it is that the people have their own housing."

Shawnee123 · 10-25-2006, 11:51 AM

Are there ruby slippers underneath?

Flint · 10-25-2006, 11:54 AM

Weren't there killer houses, on Monty Python, that hopped around eating people, or something?

Trilby · 10-25-2006, 02:45 PM

How do people come up with these ideas? And, more importantly, how do they get other people to pay them for it?

footfootfoot · 10-26-2006, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Brianna

How do people come up with these ideas? And, more importantly, how do they get other people to pay them for it?

Weed. Sharing the weed.

Sundae · 10-25-2006, 03:02 PM

If you must know, someone dropped a house on my sister.
Show some respect, people.

Griff · 10-25-2006, 03:37 PM

Elspode · 10-25-2006, 03:39 PM

I think it makes the museum look as though it has grown a head, ala Transformers, and is now preparing to squash the city flat in its righteous indignation.

polar · 10-25-2006, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

If you must know, someone dropped a house on my sister.
Show some respect, people.

Was she wearing ruby slippers?

maninthebox · 10-25-2006, 09:49 PM

That's where my dam house went!

Nao · 10-26-2006, 12:53 AM

What's with ruby slippers ?

polar · 10-26-2006, 02:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Nao

What's with ruby slippers ?

barefoot serpent · 10-25-2006, 03:49 PM

If I click on it will it bring up my Home Page... only upside down?

mitheral · 10-27-2006, 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

"How horrible it is that the people have their own housing."

It's not the housing per say, it the bad housing. Stuff like McMansions for DINKS and acres of lawns in Las Vegas.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-27-2006, 03:49 PM

What? Those lawns in Vegas and Tucson are wonderful. It gives the residents a taste of nostalgia for the allergies and asthma(sp) they left back east.

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Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	If you must know, someone dropped a house on my sister. Show some respect, people. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

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10-25-2006, 03:39 PM	#8
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	I think it makes the museum look as though it has grown a head, ala Transformers, and is now preparing to squash the city flat in its righteous indignation. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

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Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	How do people come up with these ideas? And, more importantly, how do they get other people to pay them for it?

10-25-2006, 09:49 PM	#10
maninthebox eats paste Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Ohio Posts: 52	That's where my dam house went!

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Nao 出来れば... Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Asia Posts: 24	What's with ruby slippers ?

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barefoot serpent go ahead, abbrev. it Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lawrence, KS Posts: 2,623	If I click on it will it bring up my Home Page... only upside down? __________________ Chooses rowing vs. wading

10-27-2006, 03:49 PM	#15
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