Slog - Comments on The Next Big Thing

Comment by Catman

Catman — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:32:58 -0800

Those shuttlecocks leave a funny taste in my mouth. I used to suck on them when I was a kid, and just the sight of one--even a digital pic of a giant one elicits that rubbery/plasticy/chemical taste in my mouth. Thanks.

Comment by him

him — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:36:05 -0800

Yeah, what is with all the oversized crap passing as art. No original ideas? Next up: really small versions of things.

Comment by kanns

kanns — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:46:04 -0800

That's the Nelson Art Gallery in Kansas City MO, just down the street from where I live. I pass it every day on my way to work, and it makes me grin every time. Cheesy maybe, but sweet and harmless.

Comment by kraskland

kraskland — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:51:28 -0800

A giant lawn dart is what belongs in a lawn. A giant lawn dart with a pointy tip that can poke a persons eye out.

Comment by w7ngman

w7ngman — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:56:50 -0800

#2, I saw something on the teevee about a guy that makes painted sculptures out of grains of sand. He works with a microscrope and paints strokes or forms the grain "between breaths". One day he was working on a piece that was a few months in the making, looked up from the microscope for just a second, and when he looked back down it was gone. He said he thinks he inhaled it.

Comment by Jubilation T. Cornball

Jubilation T. Cornball — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:58:57 -0800

@2 -- Ask and ye shall receive! Voila, my good man -- the toast of London: http://www.willard-wigan.com/

Comment by w7ngman

w7ngman — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:06:05 -0800

Yeah, that guy.

Comment by COMTE

COMTE — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:24:31 -0800

Damn, when I was nine years-old, this short of stuff would have been DA BOMB when me and all the kids in the neighborhood played "Land Of The Giants".

Comment by brett

brett — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:44:14 -0800

christopher "OMG anderson cooper 360 is the best TV show EVAR" frizzelle is criticizing someone else's blog post?

Comment by Fnarf

Fnarf — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:46:04 -0800

Words cannot express my disappointment that Jubilation's link @6 was not a link to the giant Jart as I had hoped.

Comment by MadDog

MadDog — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:26:54 -0800

Check out the work of Robert Theirren--more regular stuff big--in images they look ok but to experience them is pretty incredible...

Comment by Jamey

Jamey — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:02:34 -0800

I agree that there�s nothing to think about them but, Wow, those things are gigantic. So boring, and yet it cost some rich folks a lot of money to get them here. meh.

Comment by six shooter

six shooter — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:46:47 -0800

At least they aren't exposed penises.