Gothamist: Man-Made NYC Waterfalls Rising Up on East River

ramone

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:16:24 -0500

Why are we wasting money and fuel for this stupid display of ego ? Look water is falling BFD The money could have went to the poor . feed those bastards , and the fuel should go to some that might need it for heat next winter. I know this is art ! BFD The few like to fuck the many. Do we need all those bike lanes that are popping up everywhere as well ? But again the many most suffer for the few. What is next should we close streets just to say that is art as well ? W hat about the fish that might get hurt ? NO they can not filter all the fish from getting sucked up to a pain full death. Anyway you can have your art and billy can;t read he goes to bed hungry and cold. Remember that.

west side Michael

Thu, 08 May 2008 22:11:36 -0500

Still superficial douchebag crap. I may not live on the West side. I may live in Boing Boing.com land. You don't know even know if I am human and you still called me a name. You won't live long. You must owe a lot of money to SVA. Every square inch of this Island is public art or as my teens say"Pubic art".

yoplay

Thu, 08 May 2008 13:58:31 -0500

This is junk. Great, expensive man made waterfalls, to encourage us to look at nature in the urban setting differently? Next step is wild water kingdom being declared a national park. I believe in public art, but I also think that at reaching higher level in your artistic career you stop becoming part of the public and lose touch, then people will build whatever idea you happen to mumble out of your mouth, everyone nods in agreement and toss' you 15 million dollars.I find this project thoughtless and pointless. You really think this is energy efficient? please.

petebfd

Thu, 08 May 2008 11:31:58 -0500

no fair, i asked first anyways, just seems like a waste of money and resources to me. maybe i'll change my mind if it looks reeeeeaaaaallllllyyyyyy cool

pazzia

Thu, 08 May 2008 11:14:32 -0500

perhaps you could define the word art for us, pete : ) and then define the word chair...

agphoto

Thu, 08 May 2008 11:07:28 -0500

Cant wait to see this. if it looks as cool as i think it will, gonna make a special trip down to see them.

petebfd

Thu, 08 May 2008 09:26:51 -0500

that being said, i actually like Olafur Eliasson. but i still think this is dumb.

petebfd

Thu, 08 May 2008 09:25:30 -0500

i'm sorry, how is that art? it takes what sort of half-assed creativity to come up with this? or talent to accomplish this? the ability to raise money? what does it comment on? what a load of shit. plus coned will probably fuck it up.

Elderta

Wed, 07 May 2008 20:23:46 -0500

I can't wait to kayak under those babies. Or at least very near them.

emilydickinson

Wed, 07 May 2008 20:20:32 -0500

Most importantly, it will be awesome to get stoned and look at, Dude.

edEx

Wed, 07 May 2008 19:40:42 -0500

man-made waterfalls? i thought the Brooklyn Bridge was organically o'natural...

hungryghoast

Wed, 07 May 2008 19:19:01 -0500

The Public Art Fund is a non-profit org which raises its own money in part and also gets funding from New York arts initiatives like the Percent For Art program or NEA type funding w/in the state.... to answer your question West Side Michael.... and i wouldn't call it superficial crap, aside from being an interesting use of public space for art and a semi-promotion for the city's water transit, the project could be used (hopefully) as a springboard for teaching about science/envirionment/energy in some city schools. MoMA is what it is. They've still got some fun going on there (have you seen Design And The Elastic Mind? Or the recent screening of Graffiti Research Lab's movie?). lighten up and/or quit being such a typical west side douchebag.

west side Michael

Wed, 07 May 2008 18:40:29 -0500

Superficial Crap. Whose money was used for this? M.O.M.A.is crap too at least since they modernized it to the likes of their trendy board of Directors.

cncrocket

Wed, 07 May 2008 18:33:54 -0500

coooool !

sonyactivision

Wed, 07 May 2008 18:29:45 -0500

Turn Trump Tower into a beautiful waterfall.

MT

Wed, 07 May 2008 17:52:06 -0500

They should really bring back that fountain that used to flow off the southern foot of Roosevelt Island. I always miss it when I drive up the FDR Drive.

matty

Wed, 07 May 2008 17:51:21 -0500

That is a great idea. Seriously I bet it will be beautiful.