Slog - Comments on The Path at Muenster http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_path_at_muenster When you're in Muenster, you have to go to the path, people said. It goes through a park, across a street, and continues through a golden wheat field over a picturesque footbridge. That's the art. Pawel Althamer was the artist, and his Path was one of 33 sculptures scattered around the German city this summer during Muenster Sculpture Projects 2007. This was my first time seeing the once-in-a-decade public art show, and after renting a bike, I found Path on the map, with a notation: "Between the western shore of Lake Aa and Haus Bakenfeld." But the path did not... Copyright 2008 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 11:51:32 -0800 Fri, 12 Oct 2007 06:21:56 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Fnarf Jeez, we have painted pigs. What more do you want?

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_path_at_muenster#c823138 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_path_at_muenster#c823138 Arts Thu, 11 Oct 2007 12:42:51 -0800 Comment by brappy That sounds like a blast :D

]]> brappy http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_path_at_muenster#c823139 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_path_at_muenster#c823139 Arts Thu, 11 Oct 2007 12:43:18 -0800 Comment by RH Best post of the day... a brief escape. Thank, you Jen.

]]> RH http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_path_at_muenster#c823197 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_path_at_muenster#c823197 Arts Thu, 11 Oct 2007 13:28:22 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV That one thing looks kinda like a Medieval missile silo. :|

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_path_at_muenster#c823299 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_path_at_muenster#c823299 Arts Thu, 11 Oct 2007 14:49:14 -0800 Comment by Eric F Fnarf, there was a good piece about painted pigs and all the rest at Muenster. Andreas Siekmann's "Trickle down. Public Space in the Era of Its Privatization"

Part of it was a long critique, in cartoons of the way that fiberglass animals are connected to the loss of truly public space. Part of it was an awesome huge lumpy ball made entirely of shards of the fiberglass animals of many cities.

http://www.aaa.org.hk/images07/phoebe_travelogue_0707/muenster07/l/M0706.jpg

http://www.skulptur-projekte.de/kuenstler/siekmann/?lang=en

]]> Eric F http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_path_at_muenster#c823478 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_path_at_muenster#c823478 Arts Thu, 11 Oct 2007 17:37:21 -0800 Comment by mike wait, jen graves speaks german?!?

is she single?

]]> mike http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_path_at_muenster#c823555 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_path_at_muenster#c823555 Arts Thu, 11 Oct 2007 19:50:15 -0800 Comment by Johnny Ah, my beloved Muenster. I was a student there for a summer and then worked in a bank there the following summer. The lack of directions is not surprising though; I've never been anywhere in Germany where anyone could give clear, precise directions to anything. But it never mattered, because no matter where I wandered, I always found something interesting or a little pub or a cute restaurant, etc.

]]> Johnny http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_path_at_muenster#c823647 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/the_path_at_muenster#c823647 Arts Fri, 12 Oct 2007 06:21:56 -0800