Nina
Forum Replies Created
-
Posts
-
I agree with you ctesiphon, i dont particularly like the facade of the ilac at present- and am interested in what will be deemed complimentary to the opposite side of the street, considering the diverse range of styles appearing in the area.
Is it too early to regard these objects as somewhat ‘nostalgic’? If they survived another 10 years, would they pass into the status that the ‘Why go Bald?’ sign off South Great Georges St has?
I would like to regard these and similar objects around the city as a kind of ‘haute couture’ of architecture. Representitive of the of ideas that were being circulated at the time. They are not quite sculpture, in that they were designed to ‘decorate’ the building in mind – but have they now passed into the realm of a kind of public sculpture – in terms of our familiarity with them. Do they deserve a consideration apart from the Ilac Centre as a building?Yep, i know about the demolition application, i have been in touch with the Ilac managment re. these, they expect to get started early in the summer
Hugh Lane Gallery on Parnell Sq, formerly Lord Charlemonts’s house has a tunnel running from it to the old Monto area to facilitate british aristocrat mates of Charlemonts getting down to see the ladies without getting caught out above ground…..Reputedly only high and wide enough to take one man on horseback….
Apparently a tunnel runs from the Granby sausage factory, (to the rear of Lower Dominick St) Yet to find out where this leads to…
What about the fantastic mystic disco pyramids in multi colours that run along the Ilac on Moore St? Anybody have any comments or opinions on these plastic decorations?? I am interested in opening up a conversation about the nature of these objects, does anybody feel they have any worth either as aesthetic objects in they’re own right or perhaps they have cultural value? Is there any concern that these objects may have gained a right to be preserved just by virtue or they’re duration on the street? I believe they went up in 1981..(correct me if im wrong!).. is 26 years long enough? Have they passed into our collective visual heritage? Would love to hear your thoughts!
