6/13/2005: Mud hippo

Undertoad · 06-13-2005, 10:22 AM

Nice work! The official caption has it: a performer reads a newspaper on the back of a mud sculpture of a hippopotamus, created by Puerto Rico-based artists Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla, at the arts Biennale in Venice.

wolf · 06-13-2005, 11:26 AM

That looks more real than the baby elephant did.

Amazing work.

But one does have to ask what the artistic import of having the guy reading the paper on it's back is ... it's cool all by itself.

Silent · 06-13-2005, 11:29 AM

Making it out of mud would mean that the finish would be easy to do. Seeing as hippos are generally coated in the stuff any way.

Saknussem · 06-13-2005, 12:54 PM

I would prefer to see a performance artist reading the newspaper from the back of a live, angry hippo with an impacted wisdom tooth (if hippos get wisdom teeth that is).
THAT would be a performance.

wolf · 06-13-2005, 01:09 PM

You have an eye for art.

capnhowdy · 06-13-2005, 02:08 PM

Very good work indeed. So realistic.
Is it just me, or........well, either the person is very small or the hippo is very large. I didn't think these guys got that big.

Sweets · 06-13-2005, 02:21 PM

This is the only picture I found that had a good comparison to the size of a hippo to a human. I apologize for it's graphic nature. It didn't suprise me that I couldn't find more pictures, because they are dangerous animals, and very deadly.

http://www.zwsafaris.com/photogaller...ER%20HIPPO.jpg

Forgive me, but here is a comparison

Looks like the mud hippo is probably is bigger than a normal hippo. The person also looks petite. Maybe she had to be lightweight because of what the sculpture is made out of?

wolf · 06-14-2005, 12:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Sweets

http://www.zwsafaris.com/photogaller...ER%20HIPPO.jpg

Anybody else but me think the bore on those rifles looks way to small to put down an animal significantly larger than a squirrel?

capnhowdy · 06-13-2005, 03:09 PM

Thanx, Sweets.
That puts it in perspective. I do think the sculpture is a little large but not too bad. At any rate this is a very good peice of work.
Imagine that- an art work that I won't rant about & ridicule.
The extra size makes it even more intresting. 9.5

staceyv · 06-13-2005, 03:10 PM

Maybe it just wasn't mean to be life-size.
That picture of the dead hippo and the idiots that killed it is disgusting.

chrisinhouston · 06-13-2005, 04:02 PM

This site has some good footage of hippos and water buffalos charging and, well,ahhh, getting their brains blown out.

http://www.nitroexpresssafaris.com/

Click on Play Video, not for the faint of heart! Here's and image from his photos section for perspective

xoxoxoBruce · 06-13-2005, 08:09 PM

Since it's mud I guess they won't be moving it anywhere.

LCanal · 06-13-2005, 11:16 PM

[quote]A little known law in the Texas Civil Code:
"It is illegal to discharge a firearm while engaged in a sexual act"

A little known law in L.A., it is an offence to lick a toad. Apparently, this is because people were getting high off them! Fortunately some may say it's not illegal in Philadelphia

capnhowdy · 06-13-2005, 08:14 PM

I wonder if there's a substructure. If not I bet it's one heavy exhibit.
Either way XOB, You're right. It would be hell to move, if not impossible.

Karenv · 06-14-2005, 05:36 AM

The nitroexpress hunting safari pages were a bit much for me- seeing all those lions with dead eyes. I'm used to seeing the inteligence and spirit of the animal. I'm not against hunting in the abstract but it seems that those animals are too magnificent- and rare- to hunt.

06-13-2005, 10:22 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	6/13/2005: Mud hippo Nice work! The official caption has it: a performer reads a newspaper on the back of a mud sculpture of a hippopotamus, created by Puerto Rico-based artists Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla, at the arts Biennale in Venice.

06-13-2005, 11:26 AM	#2
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	That looks more real than the baby elephant did. Amazing work. But one does have to ask what the artistic import of having the guy reading the paper on it's back is ... it's cool all by itself. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

06-13-2005, 01:09 PM	#5
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	You have an eye for art. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

06-13-2005, 02:08 PM	#6
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	Very good work indeed. So realistic. Is it just me, or........well, either the person is very small or the hippo is very large. I didn't think these guys got that big. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

06-13-2005, 03:09 PM	#9
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	Thanx, Sweets. That puts it in perspective. I do think the sculpture is a little large but not too bad. At any rate this is a very good peice of work. Imagine that- an art work that I won't rant about & ridicule. The extra size makes it even more intresting. 9.5 __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

06-13-2005, 11:29 AM	#3
Silent Romanes Eunt Domus Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 702	Making it out of mud would mean that the finish would be easy to do. Seeing as hippos are generally coated in the stuff any way.

06-13-2005, 12:54 PM	#4
Saknussem Coronation Incarnate Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 93	I would prefer to see a performance artist reading the newspaper from the back of a live, angry hippo with an impacted wisdom tooth (if hippos get wisdom teeth that is). THAT would be a performance.

06-13-2005, 02:21 PM	#7
Sweets Because someone has to EAD Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Cauliflornia, USA Posts: 35	This is the only picture I found that had a good comparison to the size of a hippo to a human. I apologize for it's graphic nature. It didn't suprise me that I couldn't find more pictures, because they are dangerous animals, and very deadly. http://www.zwsafaris.com/photogaller...ER%20HIPPO.jpg Forgive me, but here is a comparison Looks like the mud hippo is probably is bigger than a normal hippo. The person also looks petite. Maybe she had to be lightweight because of what the sculpture is made out of?

06-13-2005, 03:10 PM	#10
staceyv Lecturer Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Ohio Posts: 927	Maybe it just wasn't mean to be life-size. That picture of the dead hippo and the idiots that killed it is disgusting.

06-13-2005, 04:02 PM	#11
chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	This site has some good footage of hippos and water buffalos charging and, well,ahhh, getting their brains blown out. http://www.nitroexpresssafaris.com/ Click on Play Video, not for the faint of heart! Here's and image from his photos section for perspective Attached Images

06-13-2005, 08:09 PM	#12
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Since it's mud I guess they won't be moving it anywhere. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-13-2005, 11:16 PM	#13
LCanal I hope to be the kind of person my dog thinks I am Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Sumatra Posts: 257	[quote]A little known law in the Texas Civil Code: "It is illegal to discharge a firearm while engaged in a sexual act" A little known law in L.A., it is an offence to lick a toad. Apparently, this is because people were getting high off them! Fortunately some may say it's not illegal in Philadelphia __________________ "Happiness is like sex. In order to get any good out of it, you have to give it to someone else."

06-13-2005, 08:14 PM	#14
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	I wonder if there's a substructure. If not I bet it's one heavy exhibit. Either way XOB, You're right. It would be hell to move, if not impossible. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

06-14-2005, 05:36 AM	#15
Karenv Slacker Join Date: May 2004 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 144	The nitroexpress hunting safari pages were a bit much for me- seeing all those lions with dead eyes. I'm used to seeing the inteligence and spirit of the animal. I'm not against hunting in the abstract but it seems that those animals are too magnificent- and rare- to hunt.

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