Beach vase

1. Oomi
   April 7th, 2008 at 2:49 pm

   Should have made it from sand and shellac. Get it, "Shell"-ac.

2. Ali S.
   April 7th, 2008 at 2:50 pm

   @ liphttam1

   Is it me or are you double posting? Cheeky!

3. CheeseDuck
   April 7th, 2008 at 2:58 pm

   People made of steel going to the beach is totally cool with me. I think.

4. DanO
   April 7th, 2008 at 3:37 pm

   i think lipttham wants to win an ipod. please don't post "first" on neatorama. it makes the world a dumber place.

5. empty-minded
   April 7th, 2008 at 3:42 pm

   I see the point. It's at the edge of the photo where the land stops. But that's not important right now.

   I see art and I like it. It not meant, to me, to be controversial (like a religious object placed in a container of body excretions might be) - it's meant to be enjoyed. It's what you take from it. I bristle at people, unless it's the artist themself, who tell me that this represents something like, "man's place juxtaposed against the existential hypotenuese of the dichotomy of tribal versus post modern extrapolation of a colostomy bag." By finding our own meaning(s) of the art, the art becomes something special to ourselves. That is Tao.

6. Emperor
   April 7th, 2008 at 6:07 pm

   @ liphttam1

   Well beyond the merely aesthetic there are a number of points:

   1. There have been a lot of visitors to Another Place but no facilities. This has left certain areas looking like... well just imagine the aftermath of some hippy festival. As well as the "vase" there will be a visitor centre with tea shop, toilets and an exhibition space.

   2. The "vase" will be the Mersey Observatory - considerably taller than the current radar tower (it'll be 150m high) so it will provide excellent views down the Mersey, south over the city, north up the beach, west to the mountains of Wales and a prime spot for viewing the vessels using the navigable channel.

   3. The walkway between the two runs on and extends out over the river which should provide an excellent view of all the ships.

   At the moment the public isn't allowed out onto the promontory that the old radar station sits on and just below it is an excellent bird habitat which is a popular stopping off point for migratory birds. The dock authorities will make all this area open to the public and the Observatory is the centrepiece of this.

   This is just part of the local improvements which are themselves part of the broader redevelopment of the Mersey Basin - standing at the entrance to the Basin it is clearly a key part of this.

   It is a pity it isn't coming sooner because part of the 2008 European City of Culture celebration there will be a massive light show called the River of Light and the existing tower will be used to house lights and lasers. I'm not sure what the long term plans are but the "vase" would also make an excellent base for this.

   So basically it is part of improving the shabby facilities, providing an attraction itself, acts as a symbol for arriving ships and a key part of the wider redevelopments.

7. joo
   April 8th, 2008 at 1:56 am

   oh what the hell
   really? a "first"er?

   go away forever!

   otherwise this is an awesome post. i love the statues, very eerie.

8. su.wei
   April 8th, 2008 at 3:05 am

   that looks like it will be gorgeous...looks like something out of a science fiction novel

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