loool @ cyclops
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 27 April 2014 14:04 (ten years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 00:01 (ten years ago) link
Fuck every one of these statues.
https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4076/4745626513_e42f88b11b_z.jpg
And yes, it's beautiful, but especially this one.
― pplains, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 00:13 (ten years ago) link
I can't even deal with this thing outside an RV park that used to be a novelty stop sign.
http://i.imgur.com/1beJ9sl.png
― pplains, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 00:16 (ten years ago) link
to be clear I love all the statues here & don't want anyone to think I was denigrating their contributions. anyway I think the most actually terrifying might have to be either to moai or the sphinx, on the grounds that having outlasted the systems of belief which led to their construction, they have this unknowable ghostly power.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-718a9zXxgNY/UOiN5JnED8I/AAAAAAAAASg/rNvg6myLLMc/s1600/Moai-Statues-Easter-Island-1.jpeg
apparently the moai originally had eyes. can't decide if that makes them more or less creepy. prob more creepy.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_wAMI_vZQpUo/TGRgVCk4gBI/AAAAAAAAAXA/f9Cnn0u2nag/s320/moai_eyes.jpg
I can understand why you might want to topple them
http://31.media.tumblr.com/79f82a9afd47884a9d12a9a83fa32ef9/tumblr_mvqlx0LS031sh962to1_500.jpg
the arabs call the sphinx 'father of dread' which seems on point. imagining it lurking under the sand for vast periods of time is unsettling.
― ogmor, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 23:59 (ten years ago) link
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eU4S6AB_g7I/UnsGsYQbS1I/AAAAAAAALmU/BfwVLiRPLJg/s1600/800px-Sphinx_partially_excavated2.jpg
― ogmor, Thursday, 1 May 2014 00:00 (ten years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Thursday, 1 May 2014 00:01 (ten years ago) link
landslide!
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hqhVcgVUwdw/UQ-n02OopHI/AAAAAAABAxk/ZyHIzb4wv_s/s1600/Motherland_Calls_021.jpg
it did inspire the poll in the first place
― ogmor, Thursday, 1 May 2014 00:01 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/3jlSqXV.jpg
I'm gonna go see this tmr
― 龜, Thursday, 1 May 2014 09:07 (ten years ago) link
This is the greatest thread ever. Good work, y'all.
― ailsa, Thursday, 1 May 2014 11:29 (ten years ago) link
wow @ this thread
not that gigantic, but kinda terrifying nonetheless:
http://designyoutrust.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Planet-by-Marc-Quinn-650x403.jpg
― popchips: the next snapple? (seandalai), Thursday, 1 May 2014 12:20 (ten years ago) link
Indeed, amazing tread.
― i reject your shiny expensive consumerist stereo system (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 1 May 2014 13:12 (ten years ago) link
Thread.
― i reject your shiny expensive consumerist stereo system (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 1 May 2014 13:13 (ten years ago) link
I get very uncomfortable just looking at these fuckers. It's weird and I don't know why. I don't have a strong feeling toward trees, rocks or buildings in the same way.
But shit like this ... ughhh
http://fineprintnyc.com/images/blog/old-new-york/part-1/1886-Statue-of-Liberty-face-waiting-for-installation.jpg
― pplains, Thursday, 1 May 2014 13:26 (ten years ago) link
Feeling you on the discomfort and not knowing why. I was fascinated/terrified by renderings of Colossus of Rhodes in a book I had when I was little.
I don't think this one was mentioned upthread, but the Vulcan statue in Birmingham, Alabama is still a weird/scary sighting for me when I travel through the south:
http://cumberland.samford.edu/files/u52/Copy_of_vulcan.jpg
― A Perfect Ratio of Choogle to Jam (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 1 May 2014 14:50 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, I talked about that one too on Uglier Than the Pat Tillman Statue - Dude hid from me one summer.
― pplains, Thursday, 1 May 2014 15:25 (ten years ago) link
it's nowhere near as huge as the ones itt, but pplains you would hate this one in Sacramento
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/images/ca/CASAChead_dk5435.jpg
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 1 May 2014 15:31 (ten years ago) link
(perspective on that photo makes it look like it's blocking the door, but it's set a ways from the front of that building)
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 1 May 2014 15:32 (ten years ago) link
I could just about deal with that one since she looks dead and not ready to eat me.
http://cbssacramento.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/matter-contemplates-spirit-google-maps.jpg
― pplains, Thursday, 1 May 2014 15:36 (ten years ago) link
more of the pee seua samut statue
http://photos.worldisround.com/photos/30/309/440.jpg
http://photos.worldisround.com/photos/30/309/437.jpg
― ogmor, Thursday, 1 May 2014 20:54 (ten years ago) link
just saw this on reddit. felt it was appropriate-ish.
http://i.imgur.com/dbBVH7i.jpg
― panettone for the painfully alone (mayor jingleberries), Friday, 2 May 2014 00:01 (ten years ago) link
I lol'd
― Doritos Loco Parentis (Hurting 2), Friday, 2 May 2014 02:15 (ten years ago) link
http://russiapedia.rt.com/files/prominent-russians/entertainment/zurab-tsereteli/zurab-tsereteli_3.jpg
Hey, why is Peter the Great aboard a ship?
― Doritos Loco Parentis (Hurting 2), Friday, 2 May 2014 02:20 (ten years ago) link
(A: because he's actually a rejected and repurposed Christopher Columbus)
― Doritos Loco Parentis (Hurting 2), Friday, 2 May 2014 02:22 (ten years ago) link
http://www4.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Sculpture+Giant+Bather+Presented+Hamburg+90Ht2JgX213l.jpg
― the final toasting before making a dash for the frigid regions upstairs (soref), Friday, 2 May 2014 03:28 (ten years ago) link
http://skyworld.com.ng/images/gallerypics/Calabar%20Art%20Nigeria.jpg
― the final toasting before making a dash for the frigid regions upstairs (soref), Friday, 2 May 2014 03:32 (ten years ago) link
this thread is the best thing EVER
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 2 May 2014 03:41 (ten years ago) link
that columbus-nvm-peter the great statue is hilar
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 2 May 2014 03:42 (ten years ago) link
http://www.thekelpies.co.uk/wp-content/files_mf/cache/th_096770c1a3354ec7002315ab0be78ad6_kelpiesaerial.jpeg
― ailsa, Friday, 2 May 2014 10:34 (ten years ago) link
of interest (via slate)https://www.lensculture.com/articles/fabrice-fouillet-colossi-in-the-countryside
― mohawk oroducer (abanana), Tuesday, 6 May 2014 04:24 (ten years ago) link
Tangentially I'm reminded of a photo project done in HK documenting the giant advertisements
http://www.domusweb.it/en/photo-essays/2013/02/26/hong-kong-layers.html
http://i.imgur.com/iA7dVwv.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/XJzze37.jpg
― 龜, Tuesday, 6 May 2014 09:38 (ten years ago) link
http://www.thedrum.com/uploads/news/tmp/37015/morrisons%20angel.jpg
^ gigantic statue + giant advertisement
― john wahey (NickB), Tuesday, 6 May 2014 09:45 (ten years ago) link
i don't even really like the angel of the north all that much but that advert really pisses me off tbh
― john wahey (NickB), Tuesday, 6 May 2014 09:48 (ten years ago) link
man next time I come up with an idea for a thread I should probably try to squeeze an exhibition out of it huh
― ogmor, Tuesday, 6 May 2014 11:38 (ten years ago) link
Article possibly inspired by this thread?
― nitro-burning funny car (Moodles), Tuesday, 6 May 2014 13:51 (ten years ago) link
ogmor you made it seem all interesting and natural and consensual but have you been clickbaiting us?? your own people???!
― j., Tuesday, 6 May 2014 14:57 (ten years ago) link
you can rely on my not having the wherewithal to make bank from ilx
― ogmor, Wednesday, 7 May 2014 07:40 (ten years ago) link
Minimalist version, by Jaume Plensa in Nice, France:
http://www.likeatrippie.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/IMG_5425.jpg
― That's So (Eazy), Thursday, 8 May 2014 01:02 (ten years ago) link
http://blogs.hudsonvalley.com/hudson-valley-photo-blog/files/2010/08/etbgnome1web.jpg
― mirostones, Thursday, 8 May 2014 02:11 (ten years ago) link
The most striking feature, however, is unarguably the towering jolly giant, Gnome Chomsky. He stands invitingly on the hill facing the highway, challenging one and all to come enjoy the scenery, visit the farm, and play a round or two of mini golf.
*Update (as of Aug 2011) Chomsky no longer holds the Guinness World Record. Reiman Gardens in Iowa is home to a Gnome that stands 15 feet tall. Although there is a Gnome in Poland who towers at 18 ft, but unlike Chomsky and the Reiman Gardens' gnome, theirs is made of fiberglass.
― Slumdog Baseballionaire (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 8 May 2014 02:17 (ten years ago) link
http://needled.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/dream6.jpg
this looks like a future sound of london cover
― funny and lolexander (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 8 May 2014 02:19 (ten years ago) link
terrifying statue + abandoned theme parkhttp://signifyingnot.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/abandoned_amusement_park_oukoku_japan-461x299.jpghttp://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--lvPnVXms--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/18lr3jo7cshxojpg.jpg
― Aglet, Thursday, 8 May 2014 03:15 (ten years ago) link
what the fuck
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 8 May 2014 03:39 (ten years ago) link
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3296/3087314618_e96f2068f7.jpg
― Eyeball Kicks, Thursday, 8 May 2014 09:02 (ten years ago) link
Anyone mentioned the giant breastfeeding statue of Nami island South Korea? Some people find it disturbing.https://sneakerssocksandsoju.wordpress.com/2013/10/24/south-koreas-best-kept-secret-namisum-island/
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Thursday, 8 May 2014 12:40 (ten years ago) link
http://gawker.com/man-takes-stomach-churning-selfie-atop-brazils-christ-t-1584498025
― ogmor, Monday, 2 June 2014 06:50 (nine years ago) link
hey you kids, get down from that savior!
― how's life, Monday, 2 June 2014 13:40 (nine years ago) link
Saw "The Awakening" posted by NickB upthread irl! It was moved from where it used to be (the corner of a far-out park in DC that doesn't get much foot traffic) to the center area of an outdoor mall developed a few miles south of DC (called the Nat'l Harbor). The context makes it all the more unsettling; children now play on it:
http://www.somdnews.com/storyimage/PN/20130102/NEWS/701029750/AR/0/AR-701029750.jpg
― franklin, Tuesday, 24 June 2014 03:32 (nine years ago) link
All I see is foot traffic.
― pplains, Tuesday, 24 June 2014 03:52 (nine years ago) link
heh, should have been more careful with my gis. But I swear it's true, trust me!
― franklin, Tuesday, 24 June 2014 04:00 (nine years ago) link