Down south we are due to experience the glory of the Canberra Skywhale.
In all it's majesty, forty meters jug dangling glory!
I am all for public art, I support breast feeding and I fully sympathise with feminists and the GLBTI lobby.
But is a 40m high giant floating whale boob some sort of weird feminist lesbian artist protest, or am I just a lost cause???
I think I am too old for this world!
On another related issue is this thing sexist, should it also have a sky penis?
BEWBS!!!!!!
Looks more like a turtle that has had it's shell turn to tits!
Come on guys, dont knock it. imagine a world without Skywhale. We'd be lost.
(http://images.canberratimes.com.au/2013/05/09/4257835/balloon729-620x349.jpg)
It's kind of cute from that angle Sheik ::)
Not that I'm attracted to flying whale/turtles with multiple mammories . . . and not that there's anything wrong with people who are ;)
I don't even know what to say to this haha
Be better if it was Skybox. Oh wait, they have those at the G and Etihad.... ;D
Just a scary thought. What does the male skywhale look like ? :o ;D
Well the one in Canberra looks like this.
(http://images.smh.com.au/2013/09/05/4720866/ac-palmer-main-20130905111512678917-620x349.jpg)
It used to look like this:
(http://www.2gb.com/sites/default/files/field/image/20130801/joe_hockey.jpg)
;D
Eeeeshhhh. Cover that up at once JK. Please, as it is burning my eyes. She won't fancy him at all, I tell you that much. Pewk. ;)
OMG Gozza. Harpoon it at once. ;D
Why would you ..........
Don't worry about it!
Did taxpayer funds go into this thing?
Do you think anyone would pay for that out of their own money? :))
Waste of money......wonder what poor folk waiting for life saving drugs to be put on the subsidised list think of this piece of garbage masqauerading as Art...
As a gay female I freakin hope it's not some feminist lesbian artist protest...it frightens the bejesus out of me haha. I actually think I turned a little straight just then :o
Sorry NM, I had watched some interviews with the artist an associated individuals discussing breast feeding, mother earth, gay rights and mystical wicken type crap and got a bit carried away!
But I suspect that is just the artist and the crew making an attempt to get the maximum public outreach from her work!
Weird looking at it from a distance, but I'd imagine if you're riding in the basket the view would be breathtaking!
I suppose it depends whether you have happy or sad childhood memories, wheel out the Freudian analysis!
No apologies needed, it's a frighteningly funny project. I'd never even heard of it until I saw your post. It astounds me some of the art projects that get government funding. But, if nothing else, it keeps us amused.
Apparently, the BEWBS (thanks Gozza) need to be filled with cold air to stop them from rising above the body of the air balloon when filled.
Maybe we can put this up as a great engineering feat of this century?
Does this mean that some women will now choose helium implants?
Can't tell it's the offseason hey?
So Grannies are not full of hot air as some suggest!
(http://supercoachtalk.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Darren-Jarman.jpg)
Yep, sure can. Reckon there'll be some classics from the lads over the next coupla months!
And the GozzMan, right on cue (see above)...