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(Stoke Sentinel)   Fark challenge: This article contains before and after pictures of a brick sculpture during a road widening project. See if you can spot a difference   (stokesentinel.co.uk) divider line
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    More: Fail, Staffordshire, Garden festival, Brick, Sculpture, Josiah Wedgwood, The Guardian, Wedgwood, destruction of a sculpture  
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lindalouwho [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-02 5:44:33 PM  
OhYou!jpg
 
HomoHabilis
2023-02-02 6:07:35 PM  
I see it! One version has an eye, the other doesn't.
 
Mad_Radhu
2023-02-02 6:08:22 PM  
Sun obviously doesn't get Deconstructivism.
 
Mad_Radhu
2023-02-02 6:08:43 PM  
*Subby not Sun
 
BunchaRubes
2023-02-02 6:08:52 PM  
"It is unclear whether the sculpture was demolished by mistake or whether it disintegrated while being moved."

Well fark it, Ima gonna be outraged no matter what!!

/Not really
 
LeroyB
2023-02-02 6:09:04 PM  
They're the same picture.
 
gameshowhost [OhFark]
2023-02-02 6:13:46 PM  
Something is awry in Stork-on-Trout
 
Bob Down
2023-02-02 6:14:47 PM  
Art is in the eye of the beholder I guess.  eesh
 
justanotherfarkinfarker
2023-02-02 6:15:35 PM  
At first I was like that's a pile of shiat art. Then I was like ok, that's good.
 
gunga galunga [TotalFark]
2023-02-02 6:15:47 PM  
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freakdiablo [TotalFark]
2023-02-02 6:17:32 PM  
It's intended to tell the story of how man, like everything, crumbles over time.  Man is born, man moves, man falls.  Breaking, returning to the blocks from which he was formed.
 
ZMugg [TotalFark]
2023-02-02 6:17:46 PM  
It didn't look finished to begin with, so...
 
Oysterman
2023-02-02 6:19:57 PM  
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Monocultured
2023-02-02 6:20:03 PM  
Deconstructionism at its finest.
 
whither_apophis [TotalFark]
2023-02-02 6:20:04 PM  
Can't blame under the table foreign workers.  This was home-grown morons. Thanks Brexit
 
Tom Marvolo Bombadil
2023-02-02 6:20:38 PM  
Stoke-on-Trent City Council has launched an investigation

It sounds like they think there's...

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mortar this story.
 
Demetrius [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-02 6:26:23 PM  
Nope. I'm not seeing it.
 
Mock26
2023-02-02 6:28:44 PM  
Given how shoddily the sculpture is wrapped in wire and wood it looks like they botched the movie. I would hazard a guess they picked it up with out any support on the bottom and the whole thing just collapsed.
 
chitownmike
2023-02-02 6:28:55 PM  

Mad_Radhu: *Subby not Sun


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Barricaded Gunman
2023-02-02 6:31:56 PM  

freakdiablo: It's intended to tell the story of how man, like everything, crumbles over time.  Man is born, man moves, man falls.  Breaking, returning to the blocks from which he was formed.


Therefore, your Honor, my client pleads Not Guilty to all charges, on the grounds that he wasn't destroying art, he was participating in it.
 
balko
2023-02-02 6:37:38 PM  

Mock26: Given how shoddily the sculpture is wrapped in wire and wood it looks like they botched the movie. I would hazard a guess they picked it up with out any support on the bottom and the whole thing just collapsed.


I think that's just a picture from when it was being hoisted into place originally. I'm guessing they tried to lever it up to get a pallet under it and it fell over an collapsed. Here's an image of it in happier times:
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Floki [TotalFark]
2023-02-02 6:39:10 PM  
Just rebuild it! Big FARKIN' deal!
 
SBinRR [OhFark]
2023-02-02 6:39:51 PM  
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𝅘𝅥𝅮, 𝅘𝅥𝅮, 𝅘𝅥𝅮, She's a brick..pile.. 𝅘𝅥𝅮, 𝅘𝅥𝅮, 𝅘𝅥𝅮,
 
foo monkey
2023-02-02 6:44:18 PM  
I blame the sculptor.  Never build a piece of art with the assumption it will never be moved.  Once it's no longer yours, you can't control what's done with it.  If it's outside and exposed to the elements, better make sure the mortar holds.  Poor quality control, IMO.
 
gnarlywizzard
2023-02-02 6:47:05 PM  
sounds like a good opportunity to just build a new sculpture.
 
Devolving_Spud [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-02 6:49:44 PM  
Bricks?  If only there were some way to re-assemble the sculpture, and, perhaps, some sort of compound to use between the bricks to hold them together...

We have 3-D modeling programs and laser scanners.  I'm sure a local classroom of  inquisitive kids can figure out how the pieces go back together in a weekend.
 
maxandgrinch [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-02 6:53:40 PM  
Man those European art restoration specialists are killing it recently.

Do they get their degrees from the coin novelty vending machine at EuroWalMart?
 
Russ1642
2023-02-02 6:58:08 PM  
Should have built it out of straw or sticks.
 
runwiz [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-02 6:58:19 PM  
I can easily spot the difference but which one is the before and which one is the after?
 
Prof. Frink [BareFark]
2023-02-02 7:16:32 PM  

Russ1642: Should have built it out of straw or sticks.


Green Jelly - Three Little Pigs (Official Video), Full HD (Digitally Remastered and Upscaled)
Youtube Gch6SY2TA_o
 
Diocletian's Last Cabbage [TotalFark]
2023-02-02 7:17:15 PM  

Russ1642: Should have built it out of straw or sticks.


Speaking of which...
Green Jelly - Three Little Pigs (Official Video)
Youtube Gtffv9bpB-U
 
Madman drummers bummers [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-02 7:17:45 PM  
Everyone's a critic.
 
Diocletian's Last Cabbage [TotalFark]
2023-02-02 7:17:50 PM  

Prof. Frink: Russ1642: Should have built it out of straw or sticks.

[YouTube video: Green Jelly - Three Little Pigs (Official Video), Full HD (Digitally Remastered and Upscaled)]


D'oh!
 
NathanAllen
2023-02-02 7:19:59 PM  

Russ1642: Should have built it out of straw or sticks.


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/shamelessly stolen, according to the image name.
 
Sim Tree [OhFark]
2023-02-02 7:20:47 PM  
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Lsherm [TotalFark]
2023-02-02 7:21:20 PM  

Devolving_Spud: Bricks?  If only there were some way to re-assemble the sculpture, and, perhaps, some sort of compound to use between the bricks to hold them together...

We have 3-D modeling programs and laser scanners.  I'm sure a local classroom of  inquisitive kids can figure out how the pieces go back together in a weekend.


Honestly, it's not a very big sculpture. There aren't that many bricks. It doesn't look like too many broke, they could probably put it back together in a weekend.
 
Ravage [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-02 7:31:09 PM  
I saw the first picture and thought "oh, they broke that down one whole side real good", then I saw the second picture and thought "oh, nothing of value was lost"
 
JeffMD
2023-02-02 7:38:29 PM  
Imma guess the sculpture simply wasn't assembled with enough integrity for any movement later on. It was bound to fall apart in time.
 
Firm Tautology [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-02 7:39:30 PM  
Josiah Wedgewood was Charles Darwin's grandfather and a prominent British abolitionist.

So a Talibangelical would have twice the motive for destroying it.
 
Mikey1969 [OhFark]
2023-02-02 8:06:27 PM  

Mock26: Given how shoddily the sculpture is wrapped in wire and wood it looks like they botched the movie. I would hazard a guess they picked it up with out any support on the bottom and the whole thing just collapsed.


Given how it's already been moved successfully once, as mentioned in TFA, I'd have to say that the artist DID take that into consideration, so your contribution wasn't really helpful.
 
Archie Goodwin
2023-02-02 8:19:50 PM  
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Maybe the workers prefer Carl Andre?
 
Billy Liar
2023-02-02 8:38:51 PM  
Probly didn't use the best procedure to transport it, but hey, nothing's carved in stone.
 
Mock26
2023-02-02 8:51:49 PM  

balko: Mock26: Given how shoddily the sculpture is wrapped in wire and wood it looks like they botched the movie. I would hazard a guess they picked it up with out any support on the bottom and the whole thing just collapsed.

I think that's just a picture from when it was being hoisted into place originally. I'm guessing they tried to lever it up to get a pallet under it and it fell over an collapsed. Here's an image of it in happier times:
[Fark user image 548x757]


Yes. That was my point.
 
Nick Nostril
2023-02-03 7:33:07 AM  
Now it's a puzzle. Get to work.
 
stuffy
2023-02-03 3:17:28 PM  
Can't they just put it back together?
 
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