Comments on: Field / Pezo von Ellrichshausen

By: Ralph Kent

Ralph Kent — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:42:41 +0000

I get a similar experience every day in Cardiff, walking past the bags of rubbish left all over the pavements.

By: nikk

nikk — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:43:05 +0000

i though it was leaves in the bags… when i saw picture of
hay, i couldn’t see the point

By: joana silva

joana silva — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 11:18:48 +0000

great work!!
Unfortunatelly all the comments are based on the short introductory text. that´s not the proposal but the experience and interaction with extrange elements in a field.

By: Song Xianfeng

Song Xianfeng — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:20:37 +0000

616619478 my QQ thanks

By: Mike Brenner

Mike Brenner — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:30:13 +0000

crazy installation (multiples) – http://ow.ly/nuHA

By: hogy

hogy — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 01:25:19 +0000

i see military cemetary

By: milena zindovic

milena zindovic — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 03:08:28 +0000

something i was part of: http://bit.ly/2tyKRE

By: tiffany chu

tiffany chu — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 23:46:21 +0000

Installation on Cornell’s Arts Quad http://bit.ly/dwzA1 ‘Over-thought over-educated intellectual masturbation’ says one comment

By: G

Sat, 22 Aug 2009 04:51:01 +0000

What the article unfortunately forgets to mention is that over the week or so that this intervention was up, the “cartesian” state as presented lasted maybe a few hours.

Everyone who walked through the quad (arch students included) began kicking them, moving them, and eventually placing them in ways that were actually quite interesting and changing day to day, which I thought was a process that was going to be documented (I guess not) as part of the project.

It was great to see all the things that random people will do to a cartesian field if given the freedom, whether it stems from a tendency toward chaos, randomness or “design”!

By: Steamy Vicks

Steamy Vicks — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 01:22:11 +0000

trite, contrived, inconvenient, eco-unfriendly, unoriginal and poorly-executed.

try again.

By: Lone

Lone — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 23:50:07 +0000

^ That. A rubbish project attempting to demonstrate bloated concepts that somehow required three people to develop. A sloppy application by students who’ll scratch their head over its value or purpose just like an entire college that cant use the quad as a result. And three grand wasted on materials in the process. Should have just stayed inside with a $5 bag of M&Ms for the same effect.

By: Unedumacated

Unedumacated — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 20:01:50 +0000

Over-thought over-educated intellectual masturbation.

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Field / Pezo von Ellrichshausen « Contaminatedcookies Blog — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:09:18 +0000

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By: Lukasz

Lukasz — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:47:46 +0000

The size is unfortunately the only impressive angle I can find on that installation.

But I do value the effort.

By: Andrew Russin AIA

Andrew Russin AIA — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:36:25 +0000

@ Simon and Isla, MY feelings exactly. Bagged leaves fallen from their trees-is more poetic than this. I thought we were over all this 1990′s irrelevant theory- too bad, because Cornell has always been ahead of the curve in Architectural education.

By: Jg

Jg — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:51:38 +0000

This is very sad, not only because of the poor execution and even more diluted intent/idea but because it all springs from the desire to make only one “cute” drawing…..all the project is brought to existance not because the arts quad is decentralized or because the grid is out inmortal and primordial regulating locking device but because they just wanted to make that one cute plan with the tiny red dots….a drawing without content….it doesnt even deserve to be called a diagram.

but cornell is the best…..yess

By: amy

amy — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:39:14 +0000

Yet another installation at Cornell that is conceptually interesting and astoundingly impractical for students, as Lora noted. Fifteen years ago I had an up-close view of another art display inflicted on the students in the same quad — giant black plywood walls constructed around each of the paths. Incredibly difficult to get around the quad, cold as hell wind tunnels, and a safety hazard at night.

I think the visual is interesting and I appreciate the reference to the quad’s history as farmland, but why do it in this (obstructionist and unsafe) manner in the most congested place on campus?

By: Doug

Doug — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:59:28 +0000

Our industry could really ease up on the Advil-inducing afterthoughts and justifications: Reclaiming the centrality of the Arts Quad’s openness with an inclusive and non-hierarchical spatial structure? If it was missing, wouldn’t a flyer stapled to a post be more effective?. Whew.

Why can’t we be honest and simply say “A grid of red dots in this area could be quite lovely.” Now how do we do it? We fill red sacks with straw. Great. Wonderful to see and walk around. Thanks for playing. Have a nice day.

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By: Lora K.

Lora K. — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:28:09 +0000

Yes– the body bag slump of those shapes suggests a cemetery about to sink into the Arts Quad. This also feels too simple a concept. I personally dislike this installation because it impacts the park so much as to prevent things like students’ free movement (playing a game of frisbee, lolling around on the grass in large groups and other such college-kid behavior). With installations, and even some other public art, it strikes me as rude to block or interrupt the intended use of parks opened for the artists’ expression. Cliche, but I think one reason people in NYC loved Gates was that it made such an impact, visually, but encouraged park visits, without impeding parks use. Making people rethink how they view a public space is one thing. Throwing a trip-line in their path is another thing.