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Post by froggy on Jun 23, 2010 10:05:24 GMT 1
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Post by monkee on Jun 23, 2010 10:11:26 GMT 1
i do
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Post by RBA on Jun 23, 2010 10:14:27 GMT 1
I think it was an enormous waste of money and perhaps a little dangerous
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2010 10:14:52 GMT 1
I like it
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Post by froggy on Jun 23, 2010 10:15:29 GMT 1
I think its a huge waste of tax-payers money is quite frankly vile! The theatre looks very nice, then you look opposite side of teh river and that's there ...
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2010 10:15:58 GMT 1
I like it as well
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2010 10:18:56 GMT 1
It's better than that monstrosity of a clock tower built on the Market Hall in the late 60's
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Post by monkee on Jun 23, 2010 10:26:14 GMT 1
I think its a huge waste of tax-payers money is quite frankly vile! The theatre looks very nice, then you look opposite side of teh river and that's there ... chatting to friends about it last night, they didnt like it and i do but one thing we agreed upon was that there are more pressing needs in shrewsbury. you will know as you are from mainland europe, but i have noticed that on the continent there is far more public art in the streets, and its something i would like to see in britain. as with all art, you wont please all of the people all of the time, it is the nature of the beast. i hate the darwin gate on mardol head, but i would rather have public art i hated than none at all.
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Post by froggy on Jun 23, 2010 10:39:50 GMT 1
Hmmm, but Shrewsbury already has its beauty through its archaic architecture of Victorian buildings which make it a far better place to go round than Telford and other towns/cities in Britain.
Its good that they're trying to signify Darwin as it is something Shrewsbury should be proud of. But i think this piece of art is horrible and the cost of it does not represent the final outcome ...
But yes, you're correct, more public art is needed
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2010 10:48:00 GMT 1
I think most people like it, it's probably the cost of putting it there that is the issue of concern.
On the subject of street art, some european countries invest staggering amounts on it in comparison to the UK
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2010 10:53:11 GMT 1
The theatre looks very nice.... Oh well, chacun a son gout as the say in Frankfurt.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2010 10:58:11 GMT 1
Quite like the design, however would have preferred a different colour structure, the current one is so dull.
As for the 'story' in the Star, quite laughable really, a couple of kids climbing up the statue and now there are safety concerns.
Yet again a non-story in the Star, up there with front page headline about a few kids having a fight and a 3 pages on Ardiles taking the Shrewsbury job with the only quote linked to Ardiles saying "I havent applied"
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Post by stfcfan87 on Jun 23, 2010 11:05:09 GMT 1
I think it's awful and the amount of money spent on it is shocking.
What exactly is it supposed to do though, do people seriously think it's supposed to be a tourist attraction? just can't see what it brings to shrewsbury whatsoever
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Post by Pilch on Jun 23, 2010 11:14:21 GMT 1
i think the first person to fall off and kill themself should receive a Darwin award
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Post by saladsaladsalad on Jun 23, 2010 11:30:39 GMT 1
I like it. Also thought it was funny in the Star how its a 'health and safety problem' because kids can climb it - better stick health and safety signs on every tree in Shropshire as well then as kids are prone to climb those also.
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Post by Dont believe the HYPE on Jun 23, 2010 11:33:43 GMT 1
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2010 11:58:59 GMT 1
Yet more money that could have been used for a better purpose, e.g. foreign aid.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2010 12:06:04 GMT 1
Im with you there Geoff!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2010 12:11:45 GMT 1
It's a disgrace.
We should not rest until the majority of our nation's finances are used to help fund impoverished countries.
The several billion we already donate is, in my mind, insufficient. Foreign aid should be tripled within the next 3 years.
An increase in VAT and being unable to build monuments like the Darwin Sculpture is a small price to pay.
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Post by Worthingshrew on Jun 23, 2010 12:25:23 GMT 1
I quite like it though haven't seen it close up.
As for the danger of kids climbing on it, isn't it supposed to be about survival of the fittest???
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2010 12:27:57 GMT 1
It's a disgrace. We should not rest until the majority of our nation's finances are used to help fund impoverished countries. The several billion we already donate is, in my mind, insufficient. Foreign aid should be tripled within the next 3 years. An increase in VAT and being unable to build monuments like the Darwin Sculpture is a small price to pay. Its funny, i thought the same thing when I heard their proposal yesterday on foreign aid... is Britain and its inhabitants just one big national charity? Are we the new Barnardos?
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Post by Feedo Gnasher on Jun 23, 2010 13:14:33 GMT 1
It's a disgrace. We should not rest until the majority of our nation's finances are used to help fund impoverished countries. The several billion we already donate is, in my mind, insufficient. Foreign aid should be tripled within the next 3 years. An increase in VAT and being unable to build monuments like the Darwin Sculpture is a small price to pay. allafrica.com/stories/201006160951.html
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Post by Feedo Gnasher on Jun 23, 2010 13:19:06 GMT 1
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Post by theriverside on Jun 23, 2010 15:49:23 GMT 1
It's a disgrace. We should not rest until the majority of our nation's finances are used to help fund impoverished countries. The several billion we already donate is, in my mind, insufficient. Foreign aid should be tripled within the next 3 years. An increase in VAT and being unable to build monuments like the Darwin Sculpture is a small price to pay. Personally I think we should divert the entire higher education budget to this noble cause, much better use of resources
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2010 17:04:42 GMT 1
Yet more money that could have been used for a better purpose, e.g. foreign aid. i agree with crippen, money would be much better spent in the third world where its needed, rather than defacing shrewsbury.
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Post by Feedo Gnasher on Jun 23, 2010 17:08:23 GMT 1
Yet more money that could have been used for a better purpose, e.g. foreign aid. i agree with crippen, money would be much better spent in the third world where its needed, rather than defacing shrewsbury. Crippen was being sarcastic, Crippen believe's we should not be helping other countries
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2010 17:20:10 GMT 1
i agree with crippen, money would be much better spent in the third world where its needed, rather than defacing shrewsbury. Crippen was being sarcastic, Crippen believe's we should not be helping other countries no s**t
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Post by froggy on Jun 23, 2010 17:25:11 GMT 1
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY Yobs? have the defaced or damaged it? Sitting on a concrete pillar has never been a yobbish act.
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Post by Blues in Crewe on Jun 23, 2010 17:47:05 GMT 1
seriously!!! when I was in Shrewsbury did a day ever pass where there wasn't someone sat on one of the lions at the base of the column? if there is such a concern about people trying to climb a structure then why advertise the fact that people are? it glorifies the act and some 'merry' football fan tonight will probably go oh I saw a pic of someone climbing that.....
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Post by venceremos on Jun 24, 2010 0:02:24 GMT 1
It's a brilliant representation of the theory of evolution; a sequence of barely perceptible changes leading to the emergence of something radically different from its originator.
Public art stimulates interest and discussion; whether you or I like a particular piece isn't the most important thing.
Is it a waste of money? No, it's a Shrewsbury landmark and helps to differentiate the town. It helps attract visitors, which must be good. Where did the money go anyway? I guess those guys working on its installation had to be paid, not to mention the engineers and the artist. I know it's not fashionable just now but isn't spending money on people's employment a good thing? Anyone would think we' just had a bonfire with a pile of public money - ridiculous.
So maybe art's frivolous and not "essential", whatever that means. But then, as others have pointed out, most of the things that make life worth living are frivolous and non-essential. Thank God we don't (yet) live in a society where everything is costed and has to have an economic justification though God knows some would have us there. A world of no frills and no fun.
And dangerous? Good grief. Within a few metres there's the River Severn, the Welsh Bridge, the nearby road - all far more dangerous. Idiotic.
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