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02-16-2004, 11:59 AM | #1 |
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2/16/2004: Guitar sculpture
SteveDallas passes along this "sculpture" - 35 feet high, consisting of 600 guitars. And a few other instruments in there as well, it looks like. It's from an exhibit at the Experience Music Project in Seattle. full story |
02-16-2004, 07:57 PM | #2 |
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Hard hats required..
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02-16-2004, 08:11 PM | #3 |
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Can you imagine trying to keep it in tune?
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02-16-2004, 10:03 PM | #4 |
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I seriously hope that no primo instruments were interred in that monstrosity...
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02-16-2004, 10:58 PM | #5 |
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Maybe it looks better from the bottom, Els.
That museum has online interactives where you can learn just how famous guitar rifts are played and how to sing harmony. CAUTION going to their site will cause you to piss away many days of your life. And it's all from Microsoft profits.
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02-16-2004, 11:49 PM | #6 |
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Hm. I wonder if I should go check that out someday soon.
There's a monorail that goes almost the entire distance between the EMP and where I work. |
02-17-2004, 09:51 AM | #7 |
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Looks like there's still room for more at the top. Is it a work in progress, or is that a receeding guitar line?
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02-17-2004, 11:33 AM | #8 |
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anyone think this is a bit wasteful?
I know that we need to spend $ on art. But man oh man what a blatant slap in the face to the 'music for kids' programs at struggling underpriviledged schools that could have benefited from a guitar.
Perhaps we'll see a conglomeration of 10,000 useful text books next. Perhaps I'm stretching a bit here but did anyone else think the same thing? Maybe there was some due-diligence here and they all had some sort of major defect, like a hole in the back or something. -mike |
02-17-2004, 02:49 PM | #9 | |
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Re: anyone think this is a bit wasteful?
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02-17-2004, 02:55 PM | #10 |
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02-17-2004, 04:08 PM | #12 | |
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02-17-2004, 04:08 PM | #13 |
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I know a little about the architecture of EMP- Frank Gehry designed it and the inspiration was from Seattle's Jimi Hendrix- a smashed fender guitar. (another example of artistic waste perhaps- but memorable performance) Ive never seen the place but understand that some (if not all) of the colors on the crazy crushed- looking exterior correspond to selected fender finishes. And there are glass panels that are meant to reference the neck and frets. The concert space is s'posta be good. Anyone been to a show there?
They're currently showing a Springsteen exhibition that I helped a tiny bit with...I'll give that a tout! |
02-17-2004, 04:51 PM | #14 |
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I feel a little better after looking at EMP's site. This sculpture is a bit more than that...it actually plays music on many of the instruments embedded in it! It is all midi controlled, right down to mechanical string pluckers for the guitars...
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02-17-2004, 06:12 PM | #15 |
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It's also apparent that it isn't just guitars. There appear to be numerous drums and at least one synth/keyboard in the mix.
However, what you don't see is the guy on the back side of this, that has this all strapped to his back, with a monkey on his head clanging symbols. Quzah. |
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