May 12th, 2013: Skywhale

ZenGum · 05-12-2013, 11:24 PM

Back in 1901, the states of Australia decided to hook up and form a country. It was agreed that the capital mustn't be Sydney, but would be in a special territory carved out of New South Wales, somewhere between Sydney and Melbourne. In the meantime, Melbourne was the temporary capital, but after long searching, a site was chosen, and in 1913 the new capital city, Canberra, was founded.

Now it's 2013, and it's time to celebrate the 100th anniversary of this event. So we made a big hot-air balloon in the shape of a giant whale with ten enormous boobies hanging off it, and floated it over the city, because nothing says "100 years* of our nation's capital!" like a giant ten-titted skywhale.

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*actually, it says 300,000 dollars of our nation's capital, but it only murmurs that quietly.

xoxoxoBruce · 05-12-2013, 11:30 PM

Is there actually some significance to a ten tit whale?

Flint · 05-12-2013, 11:39 PM

It has...

...ten tits.

Okay.

ZenGum · 05-12-2013, 11:43 PM

Ummm....

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The artist says her inspiration came from the wonder of nature.

"My question is what if evolution went a different way and instead of going back into the sea, from which they came originally, they went into the air and we evolved a nature that could fly instead of swim," she said.

"In fact coming from a place like Canberra where it's a planned city that's really tried to integrate and blend in with the natural environment, it makes a lot of sense to make this sort of huge, gigantic, but artificial and natural looking creature."

Piccinini says she understands the artwork will challenge public opinion.

"I think that's confounding for people because they don't know what the creature is, but secondly they don't know if it's an artwork or what it's trying to do," she said.

Hanging from its giant whale-like body are ten huge pendulous breasts.

Ms Piccinini says they reflect how whales are mammals and breast-feed their young.

I think that means "no".

From http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-1...nberra/4683382

FTR, I like it as a piece of art, and it is by Patricia Piccinini, who has done a lot of other great freaky stuff. It just has only the most tenuous connection to the Canberra Centenary.

Flint · 05-12-2013, 11:48 PM

"...confounding for [the artist] because they don't know what the creature is...if it's an artwork or what it's trying to do..."

SPUCK · 05-13-2013, 05:58 AM

LOL truly lame..

glatt · 05-13-2013, 07:26 AM

I bet they had to go to the trouble of putting weights in those boobs so they would hang down. The hot air in them would make them tend to be all perky and pointed up. I bet there is about 10 pounds of sandbags sewn into each nipple. (and if I ever saw this post of mine out of context, I would be really confused.)

Coign · 05-13-2013, 10:24 AM

Looks more like a turtle then a whale to me. And yeah, I may not be an art critic but I know what I like, and that isn't it.

Clodfobble · 05-13-2013, 10:55 AM

First whale penis, and now whale breastfeeding. Dwellars have some serious issues, yo.

BigV · 05-13-2013, 10:59 AM

"It's all about the dowas."

BigV · 05-13-2013, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

First whale penis, and now whale breastfeeding. Dwellars have some serious issues, yo.

Well, yeah. Before there can be whale breastfeeding, there's got to have been some whale penis time in there somewhere. /mammals

richlevy · 05-13-2013, 07:46 PM

I'd like to see someone sneak that into the Macy's Thanksgiving day parade.

ZenGum · 05-13-2013, 07:56 PM

I'd like to see it land on the Japanese embassy.

Aliantha · 05-13-2013, 10:33 PM

I'd like to see someone put a pin in it.

What an embarrassment!

sexobon · 05-14-2013, 12:45 AM

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Originally Posted by ZenGum

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"My question is what if evolution went a different way and instead of going back into the sea, from which they came originally, they went into the air and we evolved a nature that could fly instead of swim," she said.

"... then the Skywhale grew really, really big and flew beyond the atmosphere out into space as a Starwhale carrying the city of Canberra; or, maybe even the entire country on its back and we called it 'Starship Australia'."

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05-12-2013, 11:24 PM	#1
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	May 12th, 2013: Skywhale Back in 1901, the states of Australia decided to hook up and form a country. It was agreed that the capital mustn't be Sydney, but would be in a special territory carved out of New South Wales, somewhere between Sydney and Melbourne. In the meantime, Melbourne was the temporary capital, but after long searching, a site was chosen, and in 1913 the new capital city, Canberra, was founded. Now it's 2013, and it's time to celebrate the 100th anniversary of this event. So we made a big hot-air balloon in the shape of a giant whale with ten enormous boobies hanging off it, and floated it over the city, because nothing says "100 years* of our nation's capital!" like a giant ten-titted skywhale. actually, it says 300,000 dollars* of our nation's capital, but it only murmurs that quietly. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl. Last edited by ZenGum; 05-12-2013 at 11:44 PM. Reason: Grammar Ninja strikes again

05-12-2013, 11:30 PM	#2
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05-12-2013, 11:39 PM	#3
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	It has... ...ten tits. Okay. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

05-12-2013, 11:48 PM	#5
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Fixed (?) "...confounding for [the artist] because they don't know what the creature is...if it's an artwork or what it's trying to do..." __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

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Coign Wanted Driver Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Vail, CO Posts: 279	Looks more like a turtle then a whale to me. And yeah, I may not be an art critic but I know what I like, and that isn't it. __________________ Quoting yourself is the height of hubris. -Coign

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SPUCK Professor Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,911	LOL truly lame..

05-13-2013, 07:26 AM	#7
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I bet they had to go to the trouble of putting weights in those boobs so they would hang down. The hot air in them would make them tend to be all perky and pointed up. I bet there is about 10 pounds of sandbags sewn into each nipple. (and if I ever saw this post of mine out of context, I would be really confused.)

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Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	First whale penis, and now whale breastfeeding. Dwellars have some serious issues, yo. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

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BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	"It's all about the dowas." __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

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richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	I'd like to see someone sneak that into the Macy's Thanksgiving day parade. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

05-13-2013, 07:56 PM	#13
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	I'd like to see it land on the Japanese embassy. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

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Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	I'd like to see someone put a pin in it. What an embarrassment! __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

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