Turning The Place Over - Neatorama

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In 2007, British artist Richard Wilson created one of the most amazing public art ever, using a building in the Liverpool city center:

The most daring piece of public art ever commissioned in the UK, Turning the Place Over is artist Richard Wilson’s most radical intervention into architecture to date, turning a building in Liverpool’s city centre literally inside out. [...]
Turning the Place Over consists of an 8 metres diameter ovoid cut from the facade of a building in Liverpool city centre and made to oscillate in three dimensions. The revolving façade rests on a specially designed giant rotator, usually used in the shipping and nuclear industries, and acts as a huge opening and closing ‘window’, offering recurrent glimpses of the interior during its constant cycle during daylight hours.

Find out more about Turning the Place Over here: http://www.biennial.com/content/LiverpoolBiennial2008/TurningthePlaceOver/Overview.aspx

From the Upcoming ueue, submitted by solartrash.

Kinda cool, but why?

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I think that video shows too much of the pieces 'workings', in fact it's better to see it with a bit more wonder left in.
Like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qh2esOoI1Y

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Seems familiar, but I couldn't find it on Neato before - plus this was from 2007, and it's worth a repost, I think.

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I saw this in person last August. It's fascinating to watch. I stood for about fifteen minutes, wondering how everything was cut with such precision and how it stays together. It's in a weird part of town, though. If I recall correctly it's sort of on a side street off a main road but there really isn't much in that part of town that would attract sightseers - other than this piece, of course. I think it was commissioned for the 2008 Capital of Culture. If you're in the north of England it's worth visiting Liverpool to see this and the Tate!

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mildly interesting, but what a massive waste of resources. Hopefully the recession will put a quick stop to this kind of nonsense.

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id freaking love to watch that whilst ahem .. tripping balls

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"The most daring piece of public art ever commissioned in the UK"? Wow; guess that's not saying much.

yawn.

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You're a waste of resources.

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Wow, that was interesting for a whole 5 seconds. I agree... what a waste.

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RE:
yosh hash
LisaL

By doing something different, a person begins do something better. Resources aren't wasted here; they are being tested. It is a public experiment and good one at that.

But I see where you two are coming from. Being cynical suits lazy people; it requires less resources and energy.

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Didn't exactly turn the building inside out.

Cute idea, but stupid. I wouldn't exactly call it the most amazing public art piece ever.

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What is the use? What have we learned about the world? About man-kind? Who has this helped? Am I now more creative? More understanding? Will this save lives? Create food or energy? Of course not. Was this a valuable use of resources? No way. This is a novel piece of rudimentary engineering of one man's attempt to convey his worthless concepts. FAIL.

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