Pic: Are The NYC Waterfalls A Little Bit Crap?

8 Responses to “Pic: Are The NYC Waterfalls A Little Bit Crap?”

1. Floyd Hayes
   Posted from: 68.161.244.192

   July 1st, 2008 at 4:13 pm

   I hate to say it but. yes they are a little bit crap.

   I walked to work from Forte Green to SoHo and got to see them from the Manhattan Bridge.

   First, I saw the nasty scaffold. Surely SoBe LifeWater should cover them in a MASSIVE banner? I kid. I kid.

   The waterfall itself looks fine and I do like the concept of making the viewer rethink the river as a flat, 2D surface into a thing of life and force.

   I also got a little jolt of surprise when I noticed a second one way off in the distance.

   Given the money they cost I’m not sure it was worth it but I’m all for imaginative public works, so they get my thumbs up. OK, 1 thumb up. C for effort.
2. Seno
   Posted from: 63.119.240.2

   July 1st, 2008 at 4:47 pm

   Crap!

   I’m happy someone said it.
3. Matt Spangler
   Posted from: 216.254.85.209

   July 1st, 2008 at 8:13 pm

   Yea, i think we may have beat ya to this one.

   http://www.lvhrd.org/2008/06/26/olafur-eliassons-nyc-waterfalls-yawn/
4. Tom.J
   Posted from: 121.34.213.72

   July 1st, 2008 at 9:09 pm

   realy nasty
   Can’t they build something artistic?
5. daniel Stark
   Posted from: 207.237.240.198

   July 2nd, 2008 at 12:49 am

   Like the others commenting here, I’m glad I’m not the only one thinking it and glad you guys (and you, too lvhrd) said it too! Yeah, they’re crap. Why didn’t he just do ONE BIG ONE somewhere?
6. Woody
   Posted from: 69.234.223.108

   July 2nd, 2008 at 1:10 am

   The whole point is that you can see the mechanism producing the water falls. We are in others capable of understanding and conceptualizing complex natural phenomena. For the “real thing” you can visit Niagara Falls or perhaps Disneyland.
7. Joann Jovinelly
   Posted from: 66.108.58.238

   July 2nd, 2008 at 9:10 am

   I agree that the waterfalls are over-rated. I think people are less inclined to enjoy them because they are non-participatory, unlike the Gates installation. Many New Yorkers, myself included, sometimes disregard that NYC is an island and the waterfalls fail to bring the point home in a way that can’t be ignored or quickly forgotten. I like the public small public works done quietly and without much fanfare by Creative Time. They are inventive, thought-provoking, original, and they don’t cost millions of dollars to produce. Playing the Building wasn’t radically life-changing, but it was participatory. In this age of everyone-must-have-a-unique-and individual-experience, the waterfalls project was too generic and removed to capture millions of hearts.
8. KW
   Posted from: 216.27.142.47

   July 2nd, 2008 at 1:50 pm

   Just kind of disappointing. I was excited for them and then was just left a little “eh.”

   As far as seeing the mechanics, well, whatever.

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