Comments on: Horizons, an optical illusion sculpture in New Zealand http://boingboing.net/2010/02/17/horizons-an-optical.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:38:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: lewis stoole http://boingboing.net/2010/02/17/horizons-an-optical.html#comment-715562 lewis stoole Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-715562 it looks like litter from god. yes, god's litter. and anything god litters is art. it looks like litter from god.
yes, god’s litter.
and anything god litters is art.

]]> By: Antrobus http://boingboing.net/2010/02/17/horizons-an-optical.html#comment-723515 Antrobus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-723515 I was lucky enough as student to have a tour of The Farm last year, this sculpture is as you see it here, it is on the crest of a hill... it is not 2D ( 2D is like a drawing on paper, this is a large built work.)... it is 3d and presents as even more 3D than it is. It also overlooks a massive Richard Serra work, and there is an amazing Andy Goldsworthy down on the shoreline. Sorry bornonbord but there is no comparison of this to the so called corrugated iron works littering New Zealand. I was lucky enough as student to have a tour of The Farm last year, this sculpture is as you see it here, it is on the crest of a hill… it is not 2D ( 2D is like a drawing on paper, this is a large built work.)… it is 3d and presents as even more 3D than it is. It also overlooks a massive Richard Serra work, and there is an amazing Andy Goldsworthy down on the shoreline. Sorry bornonbord but there is no comparison of this to the so called corrugated iron works littering New Zealand.

]]> By: bornonbord http://boingboing.net/2010/02/17/horizons-an-optical.html#comment-715583 bornonbord Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-715583 NZ has all sorts of random sculptures, most with currogated iron. Floating ball. http://images.travelpod.com/users/tomandamanda/tanda.1193117160.the-floating-ball.jpg Floating house http://www.flickr.com/photos/msneato/17039623/sizes/o/ http://poppyscafe.co.nz/attachments/Image/Poppeys_2_%283%29_edited.JPG http://www.flickr.com/photos/testpatern/2560224900/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/peter_from_wellington/3408477925/sizes/o/ NZ has all sorts of random sculptures, most with currogated iron.

Floating ball.
http://images.travelpod.com/users/tomandamanda/tanda.1193117160.the-floating-ball.jpg

Floating house
http://www.flickr.com/photos/msneato/17039623/sizes/o/

http://poppyscafe.co.nz/attachments/Image/Poppeys_2_%283%29_edited.JPG

http://www.flickr.com/photos/testpatern/2560224900/sizes/l/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/peter_from_wellington/3408477925/sizes/o/

]]> By: Brian Boyko http://boingboing.net/2010/02/17/horizons-an-optical.html#comment-715416 Brian Boyko Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-715416 *Where* in New Zealand? *Where* in New Zealand?

]]> By: stevew http://boingboing.net/2010/02/17/horizons-an-optical.html#comment-715419 stevew Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-715419 Reminiscent of Claes Oldenburg's work. It is too bad that the Neil Dawson link goes to a placeholder page (empty but logo). An interesting link to the artist's work is a project of his in Wellington, NZ See Ferns http://www.ferns.co.nz/ interactive, 3D, needs Shockwave (and 32-bit mode in Safari) Reminiscent of Claes Oldenburg’s work. It is too bad that the Neil Dawson link goes to a placeholder page (empty but logo).

An interesting link to the artist’s work is a project of his in Wellington, NZ

See Ferns http://www.ferns.co.nz/ interactive, 3D, needs Shockwave (and 32-bit mode in Safari)

]]> By: Itsumishi http://boingboing.net/2010/02/17/horizons-an-optical.html#comment-715681 Itsumishi Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-715681 You're looking at a 2d sculpture. The illusion part is that it looks 3d. This is why it looks like it's been flipped from the opposite side. You’re looking at a 2d sculpture. The illusion part is that it looks 3d. This is why it looks like it’s been flipped from the opposite side.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/17/horizons-an-optical.html#comment-715431 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-715431 Here's a wonderful site that happens to mention <a href="http://boingboing.net/2009/06/18/alan-gibbs-eclectic.html">where</a>. Here’s a wonderful site that happens to mention where.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/17/horizons-an-optical.html#comment-715438 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-715438 It seems his website is an optical illusion too? Or does it just have no content whatsoever? It seems his website is an optical illusion too? Or does it just have no content whatsoever?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/17/horizons-an-optical.html#comment-715460 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-715460 I believe the sculpture is located on 'The Farm' - a large property owned by New Zealand businessman Alan Gibbs. The property is on the Kaipara Harbour - north west of Auckland. I believe the sculpture is located on ‘The Farm’ – a large property owned by New Zealand businessman Alan Gibbs. The property is on the Kaipara Harbour – north west of Auckland.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/17/horizons-an-optical.html#comment-715473 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-715473 Yes, what gives? Instead of the simplicity and elegance of his own art--the website is a Dadaist pile-up. Yes, what gives? Instead of the simplicity and elegance of his own art–the website is a Dadaist pile-up.

]]> By: _OM_ http://boingboing.net/2010/02/17/horizons-an-optical.html#comment-715481 _OM_ Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-715481 ...Haw! You know what this needs? A normal-scale pic-a-nioking family running for their lives to avoid the giant blanket that's about to crush them! …Haw! You know what this needs? A normal-scale pic-a-nioking family running for their lives to avoid the giant blanket that’s about to crush them!

]]> By: Patrick Dodds http://boingboing.net/2010/02/17/horizons-an-optical.html#comment-715485 Patrick Dodds Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-715485 This post should carry an "Irritating Web Site" alert. This post should carry an “Irritating Web Site” alert.

]]> By: lunadude http://boingboing.net/2010/02/17/horizons-an-optical.html#comment-715491 lunadude Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-715491 A "sculpture" is usually meant to be seen from multiple angles. I get nothing sculptural, out of this single image. It could be a painting on a building side, who knows. Maybe some alternate views? A “sculpture” is usually meant to be seen from multiple angles. I get nothing sculptural, out of this single image. It could be a painting on a building side, who knows. Maybe some alternate views?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/17/horizons-an-optical.html#comment-715510 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-715510 Given the only other two existing images of this piece that I can find on the web, visible here: http://thegrip.wordpress.com/2010/02/16/neil-dawsons-horizons, I'm skeptical that we're not merely seeing a photocomposite concept of what it will or may look like in situ. In that series of three images, it's painfully clear that the "sculpture" in image 2 has been flipped L to R vs. the "sculptures" in images 1 and 3. Given the only other two existing images of this piece that I can find on the web, visible here: http://thegrip.wordpress.com/2010/02/16/neil-dawsons-horizons, I’m skeptical that we’re not merely seeing a photocomposite concept of what it will or may look like in situ. In that series of three images, it’s painfully clear that the “sculpture” in image 2 has been flipped L to R vs. the “sculptures” in images 1 and 3.

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