"While this image of a gigantic waterfall cascading down from beneath the Brooklyn Bridge looks like some wacky photoshop, it's actually something that's being installed this summer. A new art project will have four waterfall sculptures installed in New York City from mid-July to mid-October, spewing water from heights of 90 to 120 feet, or about as high as the Statue of Liberty."
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I guess this is cool. I have this incredibly shuttering notion that artists these days feel they can only captivate an audience by creating spectacle that is literally "larger than life". Oh well, there's no use fighting it, if we have the technology these days to place a 120 foot waterfall under a bridge for no freaking reason, we better do it while people in this world still know what art is. I also can't stop thinking about how ridiculously expensive something like this is going to be. Maybe it will increase tourism, overall stimulating the economy and creating more jobs. I still think the money could go to better places.
I can't wait to see this. I'm glad New York has started to accept artist trying to do this kind of large scale work. After the positive experience and increase in tourism caused by the Gates, I can only imagine that things will continue to head in a more artistic direction.
somehow, i hope they can find a way to run these without drawing power from the grid. solar may be a viable option, but there's gotta be some way to take advantage of all the cars driving over the bridge and the excess power they generate. i'm thinking rollers in the pavement, but that'd just be a bit too unsafe.
i'm glad someone brought up the environmental impact something like this can have. i think we can all look at something like this and think it is cool, but what we don't think about is the amount of power it will take, the effects it will have on the river and the surrounding area, and if it will leave any scar when it is taken down. i guess we just need to look at the big picture when we consider a big project.
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