While fun I always feel that grass and trees are basically always nicer than this kind of thing.
It feels like a human imposition on nature, that we decide that we are to have this brick thing here, instead of whatever grew there.
Maybe if it were a tunnel it would be okay.
pimlottc · 20h ago
It is a tunnel, you can walk through it.
> However ‘A week at the knees’ is technically more sophisticated in every way. It also offers a more immersive experiences for audiences, who can walk directly beneath and behind the sculpture, enjoying it from multiple angles.
Yes, but what I meant by a tunnel is that a tunnel doesn't take away surface space whereas this does.
pimlottc · 12h ago
I’m not sure what you mean, like an underground tunnel?
impossiblefork · 8h ago
Yes.
pimlottc · 1h ago
Then how would you see the artwork?
appreciatorBus · 19h ago
I'm inclined to agree, esp since this is in a park. That said, the article suggests it's part of festival and is just a temporary exhibit, so I don't think any trees were sacrificed for the sake of overly precious architectural fantasies.
Reason077 · 17h ago
This is an urban square in the middle of London, not a nature park. There hasn't been a natural landscape here for thousands of years.
Zardoz89 · 17h ago
You are missing the trees for the forest.
mhandley · 16h ago
It's only there for a month.
recursive · 19h ago
How about houses? I live in one. Maybe you do too. Are those an imposition?
If they are, surely they're a bigger one.
impossiblefork · 18h ago
To some degree, yes. But we also need them. They aren't just decoration or something to satisfy our desire to build.
recursive · 18h ago
What about an art museum whose purpose is to provide a place to show and view art? What about a concert venue?
hn_throwaway_99 · 12h ago
The windows on this were extremely impressive to me. That is, I feel like this would have been way easier if all the windows were just on flat sections, but one set of windows have about their bottom third on the bottom curve, meaning he had to fabricate curved window frames and curved window panes, which seems really difficult to me. He could have easily "cheated" and put those windows just a tad higher so they were fully on the vertical back wall. Making them with that curve just shows a crazy attention to detail and really added to the illusion of the brick sculpture feeling like a flexible rug.
adammarples · 27m ago
Where is it?
egypturnash · 16h ago
I wanna play this skateboarding game. :)
readthenotes1 · 20h ago
More money than sense.
In the UK is it more money than pense? (a play on pensive)
recursive · 19h ago
Personally, I think it's OK, and maybe even good, if sometimes humans do things for aesthetic purposes instead of paperclip optimization.
It feels like a human imposition on nature, that we decide that we are to have this brick thing here, instead of whatever grew there.
Maybe if it were a tunnel it would be okay.
> However ‘A week at the knees’ is technically more sophisticated in every way. It also offers a more immersive experiences for audiences, who can walk directly beneath and behind the sculpture, enjoying it from multiple angles.
https://fadmagazine.com/2025/05/20/a-week-at-the-knees-alex-...
If they are, surely they're a bigger one.
In the UK is it more money than pense? (a play on pensive)
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