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Monday, August 18, 2008

More public art























This piece of beauty, which graces my bus stop, is called the POD. I took the picture above last Thursday, when temperatures topped 100 degrees. It was radiating heat onto my mug, making me resemble a sopping wet tomato. The photo on the right, taken from another angle, shows the bulb at the sculpture's epicenter. What the heck does it mean, you ask? (Cough cough uncultured peon cough cough) According to the plaque next to it, it represents "the infrastructure, energy and vibrancy of Portland[.] This sculpture is made complete when a passerby gives the pendulum a push."

That's right. It's an interactive sculpture. When you poke it, the steel "hairs" jiggle to and fro like Santa's belly while he's being tickled.


There wasn't a plaque next to this one so I'm not entirely sure it's supposed to be art. It could be that some curmudgeon stole a gaggle of children's bicycles from some kiddies and then locked them all up to the pole with a padlock to mock their youth. But even that could be considered art-- no? A commentary on the ephemeral nature of youth? In any case, I saw no less than three tourists on Thursday flash peace signs in front of it whilst a friend snapped a picture. Definitely a Portland icon.

Other public art sightings:
  • A man walking down the street beneath my office's supply room window wearing a cape and playing a flute-like instrument. Despite resemblance to the Pied Piper, there were neither children nor rats in his wake.
  • A vagabond cuddling a stained, pillow-y doll at my bus stop.
And now, just for fun, a golden pony:


Giddyup!

posted by Neenuh at Monday, August 18, 2008

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

The lights above the horse's head resemble a two-pronged horn-- making this little guy a unicorn!

August 18, 2008 at 11:12 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Whew. I misread the title and expected something totally different.

August 19, 2008 at 9:39 PM  

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