Musings from the God of Cities

i'd been trying to see workers take down the gates, but didn't find any. the closest i'd gotten was a week or so ago when i saw a gates whose cloth had been taken down:




it was kinda sad, but not as sad as it this weekend, seeing the gates completely down, with only a few marker left where they were:






while in the park this weekend i also ran into palemale.com's set up for taping the now infamous raptor:




after strolling through the park, i wandered by a school, p.s. 183, that (i'm assuming) had its kids decorate its outside flower cases and sign with mosaics, which reminded me of what i saw at peace place park:






that evening, dw and i went to see the armory show, which i was pretty pscyhed about...


these are some of my favorite things from the show:

mummified barbies:


mushroom landscape:


colorful cars:


a cityscape made of microchips and stuff:


kkk/bondage crochet (or something):


dancing lightshow lady:




this sculpture that looks like it was made of cake frosting:


colorful people:




felt submarine:


doughy creatures who look like oogie boogie from 'nightmare before christmas':


creepy tree sculpture:


this amalgam creature:




which was tied for "best in show" in my head with this piece:


which is explained here:


the "messages" were then printed out and preserved along with the popcorn that had created them:


today (sunday) cobracamanda and i went to check out the scope art exhibit where we saw this piece:


as well as this balloony structure:


that people were encouraged to walk into to see this:



the exhibit cost more money than our broke/cheap asses were willing to pay, so we headed to rockerfeller center where i'd heard there was a free outdoor art show. turns out i'd heard right, as the art rock show was going on there. my two favorite pieces there were

three lit-up rooms:





and this diorama-y house


with windows cut out where you could see (among other things)

a reclining man


swarming ants


a large fly


and an injured man and a cactus on an air conditioner


all told, i had a wonderfully art-filled weekend.