Comments on: The Naked Emperor In The Room http://barker.tnir.org/archives/2007/10/the-naked-emperor-in-the-room through the barking glass Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:01:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Himself http://barker.tnir.org/archives/2007/10/the-naked-emperor-in-the-room#comment-8107 Himself Tue, 09 Oct 2007 17:41:17 +0000 http://barker.tnir.org/archives/2007/10/the-naked-emperor-in-the-room#comment-8107 I'd delete Reid's comment but he's an admin. I’d delete Reid’s comment but he’s an admin.

]]> By: rae http://barker.tnir.org/archives/2007/10/the-naked-emperor-in-the-room#comment-8106 rae Sun, 07 Oct 2007 21:29:31 +0000 http://barker.tnir.org/archives/2007/10/the-naked-emperor-in-the-room#comment-8106 I kinda like it I kinda like it

]]> By: Himself http://barker.tnir.org/archives/2007/10/the-naked-emperor-in-the-room#comment-8105 Himself Fri, 05 Oct 2007 21:06:46 +0000 http://barker.tnir.org/archives/2007/10/the-naked-emperor-in-the-room#comment-8105 They should turn it into a maximum security asylum. The inmates are already in charge. And I guess that's just about all I'm going to be saying about that. They should turn it into a maximum security asylum.

The inmates are already in charge.

And I guess that’s just about all I’m going to be saying about that.

]]> By: Himself http://barker.tnir.org/archives/2007/10/the-naked-emperor-in-the-room#comment-8104 Himself Fri, 05 Oct 2007 14:33:34 +0000 http://barker.tnir.org/archives/2007/10/the-naked-emperor-in-the-room#comment-8104 It doesn't matter that I'll get used to it, and that both this and the OCAD monstrosity will become signatures that tourists and visitors will want to see, for their oddness, <font title="yes, it's a play on iniquity">uniquity</font>, and novelty: they're ugly now. It doesn’t matter that I’ll get used to it, and that both this and the OCAD monstrosity will become signatures that tourists and visitors will want to see, for their oddness, uniquity, and novelty: they’re ugly now.

]]> By: Himself http://barker.tnir.org/archives/2007/10/the-naked-emperor-in-the-room#comment-8103 Himself Thu, 04 Oct 2007 16:24:46 +0000 http://barker.tnir.org/archives/2007/10/the-naked-emperor-in-the-room#comment-8103 This picture of just the 'Crystal' doesn't do justice to how ugly the whole mess really is. I'm flabbergasted and appalled at what they did to the Museum. From the outside (ain't bin inside), it's even uglier than the quasi-Fascist, 60s-high-school-design hunka architectural junk from the 80s that it replaced. It looks like it used to be part of the better looking building but there was an earthquake. It doesn't merge or emerge; it's jarring and abrupt. It has no lyricism, no Classicism, no Futurism. It looks like Libeskind dreamed about a crumpled napkin - one of those starchy, tough paper napkins you get at really bad fast-food places - and thought, "<i>There's</i> a commission waiting to happen", or worse, when he saw us coming, "Rubes." It looks like it's covered in 1960s suburban siding - from a con man. It offers no promise, not even a hint, of what might be inside; it just says "Look at me, I'm Daniel Libeskind!' when it should be alluring and tempting people in to the halls and galleries full of ideas, inspiration, enlightenment, history, thirty different definitions of art and science... There's a photo, maybe an artist's conception, of what looks like an aerial shot, late evening, I think, with the city lights coming on, all atmospherically purple. Well, consider artist's conceptions along with Communism, Christianity, and post-secondary education: they look good on paper but how often do any of those work out well in real life? It's just a stunt, like that ridiculous addition to OCAD. 'Course, the smart-and-fancies hated the Eiffel Tower when it was built for the World Exposition of 1889. Now it's a beloved landmark. So give me a hundred years or so and see what I think then. This picture of just the ‘Crystal’ doesn’t do justice to how ugly the whole mess really is. I’m flabbergasted and appalled at what they did to the Museum. From the outside (ain’t bin inside), it’s even uglier than the quasi-Fascist, 60s-high-school-design hunka architectural junk from the 80s that it replaced.

It looks like it used to be part of the better looking building but there was an earthquake.

It doesn’t merge or emerge; it’s jarring and abrupt. It has no lyricism, no Classicism, no Futurism. It looks like Libeskind dreamed about a crumpled napkin - one of those starchy, tough paper napkins you get at really bad fast-food places - and thought, “There’s a commission waiting to happen”, or worse, when he saw us coming, “Rubes.”

It looks like it’s covered in 1960s suburban siding - from a con man.

It offers no promise, not even a hint, of what might be inside; it just says “Look at me, I’m Daniel Libeskind!’ when it should be alluring and tempting people in to the halls and galleries full of ideas, inspiration, enlightenment, history, thirty different definitions of art and science…

There’s a photo, maybe an artist’s conception, of what looks like an aerial shot, late evening, I think, with the city lights coming on, all atmospherically purple. Well, consider artist’s conceptions along with Communism, Christianity, and post-secondary education: they look good on paper but how often do any of those work out well in real life?

It’s just a stunt, like that ridiculous addition to OCAD.

‘Course, the smart-and-fancies hated the Eiffel Tower when it was built for the World Exposition of 1889. Now it’s a beloved landmark.

So give me a hundred years or so and see what I think then.

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