[Mpls] Helicopters and Art

[Michael Atherton]

Mark Wilde wrote:

> I'm glad this was brought up.  It gives the list a
> chance to discuss public art.  Sure public art can be
> annoying to some people, so are billboards and bus
> stop signs, but that is not an argument against it. 
> 
> The city has done a good job I think of promoting
> public art. I love the giant rabbit over by the River
> Road.  The first time I saw it I jumped a foot in the
> air with surprise!
> 
> The university has an adbundance of public art pieces 
> http://www.weisman.umn.edu/public/public.html
> 
> And of course the Sculpture Garden at the Walker is
> one of the best outdoor public art spaces in the
> world.

But the Sculpture Garden does not fly over people's
houses.  Are you saying that you support -flying- public 
art or other types of public art that is personally 
intrusive?

>From my perspective, I am not particularly worried about visual 
public art. As far as I'm concerned they could put a thirty 
foot high dynamic sculpture of human genitalia in the middle of 
the Government Center Plaza and I would not be overly concerned 
(in fact I think it might be an interesting commentary), 
but I would be concerned it they dangled it from a helicopter 
for thirty minutes above my neighborhood (even though it might
also be an interesting artistic statement).

Michael Atherton
Prospect Park