The Gates, Bill

ephramz · Mar 6, 2005, 04:21 PM

You've heard of The Gates in Central Park, NYC by Christo and Jeanna-Claude (http://www.christojeanneclaude.net/tg.html)?

Well, now there's "The Gates, Bill" for the convenience of your own home. Collapses down into a convenient 6"x6"x1" size for throwing in your back pack. No heavy construction equipment needed for erecting it. Took only 1 week to construct vs.20 something years for Christo's version. Only 1 person (me) was involved in the construction. No volunteers were needed, unless you count Billy Boy whose photo was nabbed. Costs were less than $10 vs. more than $20 million. Can't quite accomodate as many tourists as Christo's version, but everyone can own their own!

And when you get sick of looking at senor Gates smug mug, you can flip it aroud and just see his silhouette, which is slightly less facetious.

Enjoy!

rainman::|:| · Mar 6, 2005, 07:00 PM

Hilarious

The NY Times also covered a similar project, a guy made a miniature version for $3 as an act of sarcasm, but yours is more clever...

wdlove · Mar 6, 2005, 07:23 PM

Nice job, ephramz. It's very clever and innovative. Just goes to show that art doesn't have to cost a lot.

Bob21 · Mar 7, 2005, 05:22 AM

You should consider entering that for the Turner prize, I'm sure it will give the other contenders a run for their money

Chappers · Mar 7, 2005, 09:07 AM

Sorry yours have much to much artistic talent to be considered for the Turner prize.

virividox · Mar 7, 2005, 09:36 AM

brilliant. much needed laugh today thanks

Mar 6, 2005, 04:21 PM	#1
ephramz macrumors member Join Date: Jan 2004	The Gates, Bill You've heard of The Gates in Central Park, NYC by Christo and Jeanna-Claude (http://www.christojeanneclaude.net/tg.html)? Well, now there's "The Gates, Bill" for the convenience of your own home. Collapses down into a convenient 6"x6"x1" size for throwing in your back pack. No heavy construction equipment needed for erecting it. Took only 1 week to construct vs.20 something years for Christo's version. Only 1 person (me) was involved in the construction. No volunteers were needed, unless you count Billy Boy whose photo was nabbed. Costs were less than $10 vs. more than $20 million. Can't quite accomodate as many tourists as Christo's version, but everyone can own their own! And when you get sick of looking at senor Gates smug mug, you can flip it aroud and just see his silhouette, which is slightly less facetious. Enjoy! Attached Images

Mar 6, 2005, 07:23 PM	#3
wdlove macrumors 604 Join Date: Oct 2002	Nice job, ephramz. It's very clever and innovative. Just goes to show that art doesn't have to cost a lot. __________________ First MacRumors "Contributor"

Mar 7, 2005, 09:07 AM	#5
Chappers macrumors 68000 Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: At home	Sorry yours have much to much artistic talent to be considered for the Turner prize. __________________ Check out the fortnightly photo challenge at Culture don't make Light of it

Mar 7, 2005, 09:36 AM	#6
virividox macrumors 68040 Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Manila - Nottingham - Philadelphia - Santa Barbara - Boston (ugh hate not knowing where to call home)	brilliant. much needed laugh today thanks __________________ 17" MBP , 2 gig ram, 200 gig fw800 + 120 gig fw400 + 250 gig usb2 ext, 5g 80gig Ipod, Tiger d200 & d70

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Mar 6, 2005, 07:00 PM	#2
rainman::\|:\| macrumors 601 Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: iowa	Hilarious The NY Times also covered a similar project, a guy made a miniature version for $3 as an act of sarcasm, but yours is more clever...

Mar 7, 2005, 05:22 AM	#4
Bob21 macrumors newbie Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Yorkshire, UK	You should consider entering that for the Turner prize, I'm sure it will give the other contenders a run for their money