This video is currently showing in its full 30 min version at the Smithsonian Hirschhorn museum in Washington D.C. We saw it last Monday - it is just too cool!
Credit Where It's Due: this is from a video that i think is entitled "how things work" or "how things go" by swiss artists Peter Fischli and David Weiss. it's a shame this was posted without giving them credit. the full video is about 1/2 hour long and is really incredible as it's all one take. if you're in new york they have a show up now at Matthew Marks gallery upstairs on 24th street that has a ton of photos showing similar works from the same time perod. the photos show weird contraptions made from carrots, forks, bowling balls, tires, ladders etc. that are basically feats of balancing, i.e. these and similar everyday objects are balanced and levered and stuck into each other in ways that seem impossible and make you wonder how long it took to figure things like this out and how long they stayed together. also, it's pretty amazing to think that this is what someone does with their life. they also make great sculptures where they carve totally realistic objects like brooms, mops and whole constrution sites out of realistically painted foam and plaster. they are total badasses. the gallery's website might have images of the photos.
There you have it ladies, men have had their head in the gutter for 35,000 years. Abandon all hope for us, it ain't getting any better! But then again, it does prove that the whole misconception about the whole anorexic hourglass figure which has been hammered into our culture for so many years. Even men back then knew real women had curves! Damn, now I’m hungry for roasted chicken.
gotta love this: when asked about the possible meaning about the figurine (which was appearantly worn around the neck), archaeologist nicholas conrad replied: "i wasn't there 40,000 years ago, and bottom line, i haven't got a clue." (http://www.netzeitung.de/wissenschaft/1354379.html)
I'd heard that before, Vbnx, and repeating it has caused a revelation...can we blame the media for making us fat by showing us primarily thinner people? Are we eating more because our heroes are all too thin?
Perhaps a conspiracy theory deserving of it's own website?
Why are we all so convinced this was carved by a guy? Maybe this was early lesbian art? An advertising standup to inspire the girls at their Weight Watchers meeting? A kindergarten art project for Mother's Day?
Obviously carved by a guy with peculiar tastes.. Ah, c'mon, women always liked to be slim
Newaz, women back then had less work, so it is a bit obvious that all they had to do was (not watching TV) watching the drams in their villages or tribes and look after the house. No work back then (meant for laundry and stuff)
Looking at about half the comments here I think there is good evidence that evolution is running backwards.
This figurine represents an incredible part of the common heritage of all people. There is no way to understand the context in which it was made but given that “porn” is a modern concept it is not “porn”. It reflects sexuality for sure but sexuality as it has been throughout most of the history of humanity. Mystic and spiritual, tied to pleasure and procreation, natural and supernatural. Interwoven with life.
Over sexed nerds getting each other off with crude comments while drooling over internet images of digitally enhanced fantasy women are a new phenomenon. I doubt they will last as long as this and the other “Venus” figures.
Some things deserve respect simply because of what they are.
This ancient ivory “headless” figurine of a woman is almost identical to a Malta (island south of Italy) Neolithic figurine – fertility goddess. See link below – scroll halfway down to view pic:
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My thanks to them for the entertainment!
;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5REaxl15uI&feature=PlayList&p=87EBD63B927C0E02&index=0&playnext=1
The Venus of Willendorf is the most famous.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_of_Willendorf
The Chasmere is not the best at it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_of_Willendorf_was not_made_in_the_neolithic_period,_but_upper paleolithic._And_this_roast_chicken_looking_one_is 10,000_years_older_than_that.
Perhaps a conspiracy theory deserving of it's own website?
I gotta quit smokin' this stuff...
If a woman made it the head would be bigger or as big as the breasts. As for guys, we hardly notice that part until they start talking.
If the priests or sjamans of this religion were women, they could also very well have made these all bums and breasts sculptures.
In some African cultures it is still very sexy and desirable to be very fat and visibly Fertile.
I LOL'd.
Newaz, women back then had less work, so it is a bit obvious that all they had to do was (not watching TV) watching the drams in their villages or tribes and look after the house. No work back then (meant for laundry and stuff)
This figurine represents an incredible part of the common heritage of all people. There is no way to understand the context in which it was made but given that “porn” is a modern concept it is not “porn”. It reflects sexuality for sure but sexuality as it has been throughout most of the history of humanity. Mystic and spiritual, tied to pleasure and procreation, natural and supernatural. Interwoven with life.
Over sexed nerds getting each other off with crude comments while drooling over internet images of digitally enhanced fantasy women are a new phenomenon. I doubt they will last as long as this and the other “Venus” figures.
Some things deserve respect simply because of what they are.
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://barclay1720.tripod.com/hist/images/maltavenus3.jpg&imgrefurl=http://barclay1720.tripod.com/hist/paleo/neovenus.htm&usg=__7Krs4uayVG3lVu9B8223h3bz6LM=&h=399&w=338&sz=19&hl=en&start=1&sig2=6JpyFGm3tpgtzmOvEvE2JQ&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=Q6MPbfQUXDHl6M:&tbnh=124&tbnw=105&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmalta%2Bfemale%2Bfigure%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26tbs%3Disch:1&ei=hQw5TPylNIKclgeStd2wBA
N.Gagnon - explorer