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Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Visual Art AiA People's Choice Award to SuttonBeresCuller

Posted by Jen Graves on Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 1:46 PM

For the Mini Mart City Park the Stranger Geniuses are working on (as yet unbuilt) in Georgetown. Cool pictures here; for full details check out the project's own site.

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The Stranger Genius Georgetown MiniMart Fallout Shelter?

Posted by Napoleon XIV on January 21, 2009 at 1:54 PM

If hobbits had gas stations.

Posted by Judah on January 21, 2009 at 1:57 PM

Thats cool! Do they get any money for the peoples choice?

Posted by Anne on January 21, 2009 at 2:10 PM

Isn't this the gas station where people were hollering to keep the stone wall because it was a landmark/precious historical artifact? Whatever happened with all that drama?

Posted by snakes on January 21, 2009 at 2:19 PM

I think people realized they'd rather have a cool new park than cookie cutter condos.

Posted by Martin on January 21, 2009 at 2:22 PM

I'm reminded of the hill abodes of ancient peoples in England. They look remarkably like this. They are circa 3-4 thousand BCE.

Posted by Vince on January 21, 2009 at 2:41 PM

I'm reminded of Teletubbies.

Posted by Napoleon XIV on January 21, 2009 at 3:12 PM

They are boring me with their childish pranks. All of their art is so derivative. One hit wonders from cornish, an expensive private school for rich white kids.

Posted by sam on January 21, 2009 at 4:16 PM

Building a permanent piece of public art is a prank? What one hit did they have? Everything i've seen them do is awesome. Go back to watching television sam...

Posted by OhNoYouDidnt! on January 21, 2009 at 5:02 PM

@8 your lame contrived criticisms bore me. that's like saying that obama is an elitist because he went to harvard. while sbc and obama may have gone to schools that not everyone else gets a chance to attend, what does that actually have to do with who they are and what they produce? and how does where they went to school have anything to do with creating a permanent green space out of a polluted vacant lot no one has touched for years? if it's so derivative, show me someone else that has done this. and even if you can do that, show me how that would be a bad thing.

Posted by db on January 22, 2009 at 5:29 AM

Highschool..

Posted by wtf on January 23, 2009 at 4:37 PM

this project looks like a labored mish mash of pc design trends. other than the boat which is smart and punk all of sbcs work is bad. any serious critic outside of seattle would agree. seattle should stick to its wilderness art

Posted by lwrmreprjct sucks too on January 28, 2009 at 6:37 PM

@#12

Have you heard of Creative Capital? Why don't you look it up and rethink your comment?

Furthermore, I realize this next point is moot since an infinitesimal percentage of those posting comments claim authorship, but I still maintain that anyone who insists on hiding behind anonymity when making such comments are only a liability to a healthy art discourse.

Any by "liability to a healthy art discourse", I mean a chickenshit.

Posted by Yoko Ott on January 30, 2009 at 5:05 PM