RustyBertrandThis is a statue located in Berlin, entitled "Politicians Discussing Global Warming."
o ifrit 🌱@int21h It is from the Galician artist Isaac Cordal https://cementeclipses.com/ 😉
Piiieps & Brummm
Just me, Vince.
handmade ghost@RustyBertrand Photo of a sculpture showing dozens of bald or balding white men in suits converging, zombie-like, on a central, brown-haired white figure in an urban setting. The men are submerged, some shown only from the shoulders up, some with only the mottled discs of their white pates showing, all in a flat, reflective surface like a pool of water in which a few stone buildings loom and are reflected. #AltText4U
Ferrichrome@handmade_ghost @RustyBertrand I enjoyed this almost as much as the image itself
Marcel Gitlab 💛🤍💜🖤@handmade_ghost @RustyBertrand I love the fact you took the time to describe it.
I also love the fact that OP took the advice and updated their toot.
But what I love the most, is that they kept the hashtag.
I also love the fact that OP took the advice and updated their toot.
But what I love the most, is that they kept the hashtag.
JulesMoules@RustyBertrand
"Politicians with no idea of how to fix a leak."
"Politicians with no idea of how to fix a leak."
RoyalQuack@RustyBertrand maybe just maybe. Instead of using the money to make statues that are pointless l. Let’s use that money towards research and implementation
tiny_m@royalquack @RustyBertrand It's weird that you think art is pointless rather than a healthy form of human expression. We wouldn't even be having this conversation if that piece of art didn't exist. Also making art that makes people think/express their thoughts to others is at least as useful as experimenting towards solutions. Where do you think the motivation to experiment or the understanding that we need solutions comes from without the starting point of acknowledging and discussing problems?
@tiny_m @RustyBertrand
I am purely on mastodon to enjoy myself and give comments. Not to explain myself or to start arguments.
I am purely on mastodon to enjoy myself and give comments. Not to explain myself or to start arguments.
@royalquack @RustyBertrand cool cool, maybe just maybe. Instead of spending your time making comments that are pointless. You could use that time towards research and implementation of climate change solutions?
@tiny_m @RustyBertrand
My comments are not pointless. Your replies are though. I will be blocking this account as you are not worth my time
My comments are not pointless. Your replies are though. I will be blocking this account as you are not worth my time
@royalquack @RustyBertrand Hey, I'm just here to enjoy myself
Jos noemt het gewoon melk
RegressionToTheMeme
Simon Brooke@royalquack in that case, don't deliberately start arguments.
xs4me2Ironic but true…
Irritationshintergrund🍏@RustyBertrand hätte an World War Z getippt..
@RustyBertrand I don’t know who said it first, but people will still be debating global warming while they are sunbathing on the beaches of Antarctica
(For future readers on those beaches, up to the 1900s all of Antarctica was covered by ice sheets kilometers thick, which extended past the beaches into the ocean; this quote dates from the late 1900s, when the edges of those sheets were just beginning to melt)
Bruce D Porter@RustyBertrand
It is actually called "Folow The Leaders" https://cementeclipses.com/portfolio/follow-the-leaders/
But your title may be better 🙂
Stefan@RustyBertrand I saw it, really nice piece!
@RustyBertrand
Here is a little more back story on that statue.
https://cementeclipses.com/portfolio/follow-the-leaders/
Here is a little more back story on that statue.
https://cementeclipses.com/portfolio/follow-the-leaders/
Dr Dan Marshall@RustyBertrand #art (see above post, if you can)
@RustyBertrand is this a real statue or a picture from generative AI?
Uwe Trenkner@RustyBertrand And I can almost hear in the background Dylan singing:
“Come gather 'round people, wherever you roam
And admit that the waters around you have grown
And accept it that soon you'll be drenched to the bone
If your time to you is worth saving
Then you better start swimmin' or you'll sink like a stone
For the times, they are a-changin'”
ACG@RustyBertrand do you know where in Berlin? I'd like to go check it out
@pineywoozle ‘s #3WordNote@RustyBertrand I love Berlin. Such spirit.
Ross of Ottawa@RustyBertrand that great photo of Cordal's brilliant work has been shared around for many years, but with much misinformation attached, sadly.
Just for clarity, it wasn't a statue, but rather tiny figurines placed on a stone square and photographed by the artist. Also, it wasn't referring to climate, that was mistitled by social media post.
Another shot of his work:
Mwistar@RustyBertrand Issac Cordal uses miniature figurines
Unprecedented 2023
BroGle@RustyBertrand I love Berlin - they have great art there… progressive. I believe Chinese dissident Ai Weiwei lived there for a few years…
Zuri (he/him) ❌️👑 🕐 CET@RustyBertrand I first thought, the one top left looked like a sphere builder from #StarTrekENT
Sphere-Builder
When the Xindi destroy Earth, my people will prevail…Sphere-Builder Test Subject The Sphere-Builders were a humanoid species native to a trans-dimensional realm. One of the factions in the Temporal Cold War, they were responsible for the creation of a network of massive spheres in the Delphic Expanse as the first step in their plan to colonize the Milky Way Galaxy. Sphere-Builders were humanoids with yellowish hairless skin, blunt features, and pale blue eyes. Due to the different laws of physic