Thread: Hands off

Wot Cliff said.

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Paul

Nice

and I notice the graffiti artists must think it's ok as well as it's not tagged

. What is 'extasis'?

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Michael

I really like the organic/biological sense that I get from it. I expect it to walk off quite gracefully at any moment.

I'll bet there's a story going 'round among the taggers that somebody who tried, is now kind of stuffed up inside the piece.

Originally Posted by mic-d

. What is 'extasis'?

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Michael

Michael

This link may help

IMDb - Éxtasis (1996)

I had to look it up too. My own daughter, I now realise did a similar thing, but went to South America.

I take my hat off to D1 and own daughter: Not every girl would have the courage and determination to go on such an adventure. My own belief is that it is the background in sculpture that gives them the backbone required.

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Paul

Originally Posted by mic-d

. What is 'extasis'?

It's the Latin root for the word exctasy ..it means "to be displaced or outside oneself"
....it's a term I've heard a number of artists use when they stand back and look at a finished piece and wonder... "did I make that"? ..
It describes an odd detachment from the piece that you 'know' you have just made..and yet are not quite sure how it got there...
...Doesn't everyone experience that feeling occasionally?

Originally Posted by mic-d

. What is 'extasis'?

Cheers
Michael

My understanding is that éxtasis is Spanish for ecstasy.

I too experience éxtasis: with my deteriorating memory, I occasionally espy something I've made, chastise the missus for her extravagant spending and then gradually appreciate that I made it.

Originally Posted by underfoot

It's the Latin root for the word exctasy ..it means "to be displaced or outside oneself"
....it's a term I've heard a number of artists use when they stand back and look at a finished piece and wonder... "did I make that"? ..
It describes an odd detachment from the piece that you 'know' you have just made..and yet are not quite sure how it got there...
...Doesn't everyone experience that feeling occasionally?

Thanks, I couldn't find it in the dictionary and google came up with that movie. I get it, I feel that way with everything I make

whaddya reckon about the way it's fixed to the ground Undie/D1? Hands off against Coles and Murphys'

Originally Posted by Robson Valley

I really like the organic/biological sense that I get from it. I expect it to walk off quite gracefully at any moment.

I'll bet there's a story going 'round among the taggers that somebody who tried, is now kind of stuffed up inside the piece.

Absolute agreement from me RV!

If the barstewards tagged that they deserve a decent masticating!!

Originally Posted by Sawdust Maker

I notice the graffiti artists must think it's ok as well as it's not tagged

Yep.. it hasn't been tagged ...yet... which is odd because there's a bit of tagging about

Originally Posted by springwater

whaddya reckon about the way it's fixed to the ground

the original plans had the concrete plinths this size and proportion..
then the architects got hold of them and they had to be dug 3mtrs deep ..
..and realising the corten was going to rust for years, I rendered the plinth with a little catchment and causeway to direct the rust stains..it seems to be working

I'd think it'd look wonderful all lit up at night too, were you/D1 involved in the lighting design?