10/7/2004: "Walking to the Sky" sculpture

Undertoad · 10-07-2004, 10:51 AM

"Walking to the Sky," a sculpture by Jonathan Borofsky, rises from New York's Rockefeller Center. Inspired by a story Borofsky's father used to tell him as a child about a friendly giant who lived in the sky, the sculpture will be on display until Oct. 18.

jinx · 10-07-2004, 11:19 AM

I like it. It stops kind of abruptly though... like the people run out of pole and fall instead of reaching the sky.

Cyber Wolf · 10-07-2004, 11:37 AM

Nah, see, the pole actually extends for another 300 feet. There's an unseen dimensional warp point right at the end of the pole. They haven't invented the cereal-box xray glasses powerful enough to see it yet.

mmmBoy · 10-07-2004, 12:10 PM

" the sculpture will be on display until Oct. 18..."
...when it will be replaced by 30,000 discarded moldy banana peels.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-07-2004, 06:38 PM

Polish social climbers?

onetrack · 10-12-2004, 06:43 PM

This puts a whole new light, on the term 'climbing the corporate ladder' ..

To make it something that people could relate to more, the artist should've had the walkers, stepping on people heads as they climbed ..

OnyxCougar · 10-18-2004, 09:32 AM

Actually, I kind of like that. It reminds me of one's spiritual walk. The "path" is narrow and straight, and if you fall, it's a LONG way down... so one must keep "looking up" toward the goal. In addition, there aren't alot of people on the pole, indicating that this is the path less travelled.

Definitely a keeper, this one.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-18-2004, 10:02 PM

It's also a dead end.

OnyxCougar · 10-19-2004, 08:44 AM

Depending on your persective. From the angle of the shot, it appears to me to go on forever in to the distance.

Glass half full, or??

glatt · 10-19-2004, 10:46 AM

The artist should have tapered the pole to a point to make it appear to go off into infinity. The artist also should have put incrementally smaller figures placed closer together on the pole to acheive the same effect.

Wombat · 10-19-2004, 06:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glatt

The artist should have tapered the pole to a point to make it appear to go off into infinity. The artist also should have put incrementally smaller figures placed closer together on the pole to acheive the same effect.

Nah, the artist should have put a big worm-hole to another dimension at the end (now you all know where I sit on the geek hierarchy

).

10-07-2004, 10:51 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	10/7/2004: "Walking to the Sky" sculpture "Walking to the Sky," a sculpture by Jonathan Borofsky, rises from New York's Rockefeller Center. Inspired by a story Borofsky's father used to tell him as a child about a friendly giant who lived in the sky, the sculpture will be on display until Oct. 18.

10-07-2004, 11:19 AM	#2
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	I like it. It stops kind of abruptly though... like the people run out of pole and fall instead of reaching the sky. __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

10-07-2004, 11:37 AM	#3
Cyber Wolf As stable as a ring of PU-239 Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: On a huge rock covered in water, highly advanced moss and 7 billion parasites Posts: 1,264	Nah, see, the pole actually extends for another 300 feet. There's an unseen dimensional warp point right at the end of the pole. They haven't invented the cereal-box xray glasses powerful enough to see it yet. __________________ "I don't see what's so triffic about creating people as people and then getting' upset 'cos they act like people." ~Adam Young, Good Omens "I don't see why it matters what is written. Not when it's about people. It can always be crossed out." ~Adam Young, Good Omens

10-07-2004, 06:38 PM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Polish social climbers? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-12-2004, 06:43 PM	#6
onetrack Coronation Incarnate Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Western Australia Posts: 99	This puts a whole new light, on the term 'climbing the corporate ladder' .. To make it something that people could relate to more, the artist should've had the walkers, stepping on people heads as they climbed .. __________________ Illiterate??? - Not a problem! Write today for more information!! ....

10-07-2004, 12:10 PM	#4
mmmBoy El Queso Grande Join Date: May 2004 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 54	" the sculpture will be on display until Oct. 18..." ...when it will be replaced by 30,000 discarded moldy banana peels.

10-18-2004, 09:32 AM	#7
OnyxCougar Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kingdom of Atlantia Posts: 2,979	Actually, I kind of like that. It reminds me of one's spiritual walk. The "path" is narrow and straight, and if you fall, it's a LONG way down... so one must keep "looking up" toward the goal. In addition, there aren't alot of people on the pole, indicating that this is the path less travelled. Definitely a keeper, this one. __________________ Impotentes defendere libertatem non possunt. "Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth." ~Franklin D. Roosevelt

10-18-2004, 10:02 PM	#8
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	It's also a dead end. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-19-2004, 08:44 AM	#9
OnyxCougar Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kingdom of Atlantia Posts: 2,979	Depending on your persective. From the angle of the shot, it appears to me to go on forever in to the distance. Glass half full, or?? __________________ Impotentes defendere libertatem non possunt. "Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth." ~Franklin D. Roosevelt

10-19-2004, 10:46 AM	#10
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	The artist should have tapered the pole to a point to make it appear to go off into infinity. The artist also should have put incrementally smaller figures placed closer together on the pole to acheive the same effect.

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