I'm assuming that Inglehart Value Map would place fun in the traditional / survival scatter while the Western decadent modernists would accept it as a lifestyle of self expression and creativity. Oui!
The Malmo Torso has more fun and pleasure than that giant pickle in London.
Pfff, but all that the Torso alludes to in nature is the stem of a plant. The Gherkin, on the other hand could be a pickle, a funny-shaped gourd, a really ugly erection, or any number of slightly unsightly objects.
But maybe they're both visual jokes tailored to their surroundings. The Gherkin is elegant and cutting edge and yet it looks like a giant dildo on the skyline, perfectly suited to the ugliness of London architecture and business culture, while the Torso is busy tricking you into thinking it's something it's not: about to collapse; a famous building in Tuscany; a giant stick of fennel; impossible; a metaphor for the Scandinavian habit of dangling their ideal (but unattainable) societies in front of the rest of the world. Your eye is never going to be satisfied, and you'll never "get to Denmark".
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Fun X - Pleasure Y axis
Date: 2007-11-26 01:05 am (UTC)would place fun in the traditional / survival scatter while the Western decadent modernists would accept it as a lifestyle of self expression and creativity. Oui!
The Malmo Torso has more fun and pleasure than that giant pickle in London.
Re: Fun X - Pleasure Y axis
Date: 2007-11-26 05:43 pm (UTC)But maybe they're both visual jokes tailored to their surroundings. The Gherkin is elegant and cutting edge and yet it looks like a giant dildo on the skyline, perfectly suited to the ugliness of London architecture and business culture, while the Torso is busy tricking you into thinking it's something it's not: about to collapse; a famous building in Tuscany; a giant stick of fennel; impossible; a metaphor for the Scandinavian habit of dangling their ideal (but unattainable) societies in front of the rest of the world. Your eye is never going to be satisfied, and you'll never "get to Denmark".
Hmm, I've been reading too much imomus.
Re: Fun X - Pleasure Y axis
Date: 2007-11-26 09:01 pm (UTC)Actually there's a big bridge to Denmark in sight of the Torso!
Re: Fun X - Pleasure Y axis
Date: 2007-11-27 12:00 am (UTC)