Landmark sculpture for grattan quay?

ziedth

Anyone had a look at front page of the munster?

This new sculpture to be erected that seemingly is gonna cost €60k.

It's hideous!!!

dayshah

I think its actually a look out post for Bilberry

ziedth

It looks like a really badly Photoshop thing of that flying pirate ship from peter pan robbed the red slide from splashword

Flying Abruptly

Holy crap, thats hideous!!



http://www.munster-express.ie/local-news/landmark-sculpture-for-grattan-quay/

EDIT: Looking at it again, its mainly the chain thing that ruins it, the ship on its own would be nice enough. Probably have to put it up high 'out of reach'

ziedth

Thanking you for the link

DjBryn

wow its fantastically gonna look out of place! what an utter waste of parkin fines and rates..........

Dum_Dum

What a load of $hit!

Flying Abruptly

From the picture there doesnt look to be a plaza around it, a footpath up to, or anything like that

bullpost

Uri Geller down there?

Hells Belle

Flying Abruptly wrote: »

From the picture there doesnt look to be a plaza around it, a footpath up to, or anything like that

And they could have at least made some attempt to photoshop in a bit of road that was all the same level, thats a disgraceful looking bit of road. I think they are putting some sort of cycle lane down there, just to make it that bit more dangerous than it is now :rolleyes:

AdMMM

We're home of the tapeworm?

longshanks

ah its not too bad, if they did something with the buildings opposite it could be ok. however i can't see it lasting too long as the local nomadic population will probably have it melted down and sold for scrap before too long

gscully

If you can drag a loop along it without touching the sides, do you win a prize?

merlante

Not sure about this lads...

MitchKoobski

Oh sweet jesus it looks like a dodgy keyring

Asmodean

Holy **** just think how much more effectively that money could have been spent!

leg

Whos going to be the first to get their picture taken in the ship?

The bends provide a perfect ladder

rugbytiger

as ugly as hell and will cost about the same as a small nama im sure.
and then I thought the coffins from outer space were bad in red square.
who came up with this st00pid idea eh?

abouttobebanned

Haha I think it's fantastic

tombliboo83

Disgraceful waste of money!Was told they had only enough money to partly demolish Ard Ri and do a tidy up, all funds should be put towards making what we have look better not wasted on sh1te. Maybe they could round up the bums on the quay and send them to the burren to do some weeding..that way tourists can walk the quay in comfort, never mind us;)

Sully

Don't think the council paid for this...

rugbytiger

who did then?

old gregg

baby's got the bends




... it's abstract but i get it

THall04

Mary Roche said “It’s not costing the Council a penny" and Diageo are paying for some of it.

Hope it goes ahead , looks more interesting than the giant barstool they were going to put there ....even if it's ugly as f**k

looksee

The wiggles look very climbable. Are they supposed to represent water ripples or currents or something? It really doesn't work.

Flying Abruptly

looksee wrote: »

The wiggles look very climbable. Are they supposed to represent water ripples or currents or something? It really doesn't work.

From the article in the Munster:

He said the idea of the chain links emerging from the ground and forming a river line suggested a type of renaissance for the city in terms of celebrating its rich maritime history.

Nolanger

The ship in the kip!

ziedth

Prize for first boardsie with photo taken in it?

gscully

ziedth wrote: »

Prize for first boardsie with photo taken in it?

Prize for the first boardsie to uproot it and fcuk it in the river where it belongs!

Honestly, it looks like something that could be climbed by some moron who would then jump in the water.

Benimar

THall04 wrote: »

Mary Roche said “It’s not costing the Council a penny" and Diageo are paying for some of it.

Hope it goes ahead , looks more interesting than the giant barstool they were going to put there ....even if it's ugly as f**k

I hope they are getting a large sum of money to allow that thing to be erected!

It's awful looking!

shockwave

It looks awful and why are they putting it down at the "manky" end of the quay?, at least put it some place where tourists could see it, maybe down by the clock tower.

thomasm

Let's hope the locals don't think it has good resale scrap value

abouttobebanned

You guys are WAY too harsh. Does everything have to be so conformist?? Beige...the lot of yiz

hardybuck

Why can't a certain ex-Green Party member object to this?

Mr.Shabby

There will be hairy ponies hitched to it in no time.

MitchKoobski

I give it three weeks.

Ricardo G

REPLACE IT WITH A STATUE OF TONY BROWNE !!

jo06555

Stupid to put it in that location , even put it around the bridge area so most people will see it but to put it where its going is wrong unless council have the plans of upgrading the area.

Typhoon.

a statue of this man would be better

MitchKoobski

OHMYGOD Thats ridulously creepy!
THE EYES!
THE EYES!

Typhoon.

or another idea......

daftdave

THATS MORE LIKE IT !

Typhoon. wrote: »

or another idea......

KingLoser

It's another red square oblisk, or broad street "information centre", or that stupid glass ball in the park...

They need to learn how to keep it simple. It's all art for art's sake, and it looks overdone and fake. I was happy they blocked the last design, but if they accept this, then they've completely missed the point.

looksee

I like the glass ball in the park, though it could do with a clean now and again, I wonder if a bottle of wash up liquid in the water would help...

Cabaal

looksee wrote: »

I like the glass ball in the park, though it could do with a clean now and again, I wonder if a bottle of wash up liquid in the water would help...

When the ball in the park is clean and lit up it actually looks ok,

dayshah

KingLoser wrote: »

It's another red square oblisk, or broad street "information centre", or that stupid glass ball in the park...

They need to learn how to keep it simple. It's all art for art's sake, and it looks overdone and fake. I was happy they blocked the last design, but if they accept this, then they've completely missed the point.

The appropriate word is kitsch.

Max Powers

not a big fan of that tall ship on a chain thing. I think the 60k would be much better funding a proper memorial in the city to:

- the boy soldier (John Condon) not that excuse for a plaque hidden away up on the hill.
- Robert Boyle the scientist
- Ernest walton

People would actually be interested and impressed by these people and make them stop and appreciate what they done. I like sculptures even abstract ones but we are not doing the most we can to promote our people. Sinn Fein actually blocked the planned memorial for the boy soldier a few years ago....incredible. Tourists from US, Canada, europe and the rest of the world glorify their soldiers/heros, we hide them away were no one can see them

Silverado

The sculpture seems to be attempting a depiction of a tall ship at anchor. Mind you, just looking at the ship it would appear to be anchored by the stern which isn't normal. If a vessel is anchored by the stern then it will also be anchored (or tied) by the bow.

The sculpture just isn't working very well and I'm not sure that many people understand it. I suppose that the ship idea is a good one for Waterford considering the city's origins date back to being a port in Viking times, and maybe even earlier.

I feel that the population of the City would like to identify with this type of sculpture but perhaps it needs to be redesigned to show our maritime heritage including the tall ship idea which does get general approval.

The location on Grattan Quay is also quite poor. It was not used by tall ships since the wooden bridge (Timbertoes) was built in 1793. A scupture showing a tall ship would be better placed downriver near the Clock Tower.

Typhoon.

Silverado wrote: »

The sculpture seems to be attempting a depiction of a tall ship at anchor. Mind you, just looking at the ship it would appear to be anchored by the stern which isn't normal. If a vessel is anchored by the stern then it will also be anchored (or tied) by the bow.

The sculpture just isn't working very well and I'm not sure that many people understand it. I suppose that the ship idea is a good one for Waterford considering the city's origins date back to being a port in Viking times, and maybe even earlier.

I feel that the population of the City would like to identify with this type of sculpture but perhaps it needs to be redesigned to show our maritime heritage including the tall ship idea which does get general approval.

The location on Grattan Quay is also quite poor. It was not used by tall ships since the wooden bridge (Timbertoes) was built in 1793. A scupture showing a tall ship would be better placed downriver near the Clock Tower.

Good points there

leg

why couldnt they just keep it simple like the statue of the ship as you enter cork

Odats

It's cat. Doesn't do anything for the place.