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Public art that is hard to get to

Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2014 7:48 pm
by Sstavix
Apparently, there's a small swimming pool in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

It's an art installation. That you can swim in.

Um... yeah....

Re: Public art that is hard to get to

Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2014 9:55 pm
by Orodrist
Not gonna lie, if I ever find myself in the Mojave I'd swing by that.

Re: Public art that is hard to get to

Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2014 5:13 am
by Chozon1
If I'm walking through the desert, I'm not going to swing by some dirty old water pit. That probably everyone and their dog has peed in.

Gross. That's not art.

Re: Public art that is hard to get to

Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2014 2:55 pm
by ChickenSoup
Chozon1 wrote:If I'm walking through the desert, I'm not going to swing by some dirty old water pit. That probably everyone and their dog has peed in.

Gross. That's not art.
If you ask me, it's a race to "stake one's claim," if you know what I mean, before anyone else.

It's a virginal pool, and I'm going to be the first one to pee in it.

*slides banjo into a saddle bag*

*rides into the sunset*

Re: Public art that is hard to get to

Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2014 5:39 am
by Chozon1
I'ma disagree. I'm not sure how long that's been out there, but I'm pretty sure it may as well be labeled "Outhouse" by now.

Heck, the dude who built it probably whizzed in it to demonstrate that, no matter how far you go in the struggle to find beauty, human corruption will always be there inside.

Re: Public art that is hard to get to

Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2014 2:53 am
by Sstavix
Actually, according to the article, the pool has a locked cover, and to use it, you have to contact the artist in advance in order to pick up the key. So you don't have to worry about some random stranger using it as a latrine.

... that still doesn't explain why, though.... Or what will happen to it in a few weeks, when they apparently will take down the display... somehow....

Re: Public art that is hard to get to

Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2014 3:09 am
by Orodrist
Because its impossible to force a lock...

Re: Public art that is hard to get to

Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2014 5:56 am
by Chozon1
I don't have to worry about a random stranger using it as a turlet.

But I do have to worry about a random stranger who calls and picks up a key using it as a turlet. :P