Gothamist: Space Invaders Vs. World Trade Center

Ph

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:55:32 -0500

Crappy Art. I mean really now. I should have gone to Art School. Then again I didn't have a rich mommy and daddy to pay my way through life so I could be a pretentious piece of shit.

NannyState

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:05:56 -0500

^Thank you. That kind of "Artist's statement" is simply the musings of an obvious publicity whore.

robingee

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:25:19 -0500

>> Space Invaders is "a social tale that can be related to historical tales without losing its poetic power." >> Is he kidding. What a crock of pretentious, artsy-fartsy crap.

Thespis

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:28:44 -0500

Is it fair to say that -- whether offensive or not -- this is just bad art? I mean, come on: "a social tale that can be related to historical tales without losing its poetic power"? If I sat down and tried to write a parody of a stupid, pretentious "artist," I doubt I could come up with a line that stupid and pretentious. Besides, it's the WTC, one of the most emotional events in American history -- but still this guy's "art" manages to be boring and uninteresting. That must be some kind of achievement in the "bad art" department.

JMH

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:09:49 -0500

I'm sure the artist will pretend to be completely surprised that anyone was offended.

Eoin MacNeill

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:25:50 -0500

I mean seven years, unlikely to be completed for the tenth anniversary.

Eoin MacNeill

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:24:20 -0500

It is coming up on nine years and the trade center is still a hole in the ground. People at my company died there, a macabre tribute in photographs yellows in the break room. The bureaucratic mechanisms that have impeded progress at the site should be dismantled. At the very least, many should lose their cushy, suckling on the teat of productive new york, state and federal jobs. We should all be ashamed that this embarrassment is what our government thinks we will accept.

Rocknrope

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:35:12 -0500

Yeah 9/11 families, haven't you gotten over your dead family members yet? Heck, it's been seven years... /sarcasm

jeffersonjackson

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:52:18 -0500

stupid idea...

thearidginality

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:40:13 -0500

not as annoying as the 9/11 families.