May 12th, 2013: Skywhale

[ZenGum]

Ummm....

The artist says her inspiration came from the wonder of nature.

"My question is what if evolution went a different way and instead of going back into the sea, from which they came originally, they went into the air and we evolved a nature that could fly instead of swim," she said.

"In fact coming from a place like Canberra where it's a planned city that's really tried to integrate and blend in with the natural environment, it makes a lot of sense to make this sort of huge, gigantic, but artificial and natural looking creature."

Piccinini says she understands the artwork will challenge public opinion.

"I think that's confounding for people because they don't know what the creature is, but secondly they don't know if it's an artwork or what it's trying to do," she said.

Hanging from its giant whale-like body are ten huge pendulous breasts.

Ms Piccinini says they reflect how whales are mammals and breast-feed their young.

I think that means "no".

From http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-1...nberra/4683382


FTR, I like it as a piece of art, and it is by Patricia Piccinini, who has done a lot of other great freaky stuff. It just has only the most tenuous connection to the Canberra Centenary.

[sexobon]

Originally Posted by ZenGum

"... then the Skywhale grew really, really big and flew beyond the atmosphere out into space as a Starwhale carrying the city of Canberra; or, maybe even the entire country on its back and we called it 'Starship Australia'."