http://www.gelatobaby.com/2008/11/15/saturday-night-lights/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:31:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://www.gelatobaby.com/2008/11/15/saturday-night-lights/comment-page-1/#comment-4364 Night lights | Gelatobaby Sat, 05 Feb 2011 05:11:50 +0000 http://www.gelatobaby.com/?p=603#comment-4364 [...] floor had to go and screw it up for everybody). To the far right, you can see Chris Burden’s Urban Light sculpture lighting up [...] [...] floor had to go and screw it up for everybody). To the far right, you can see Chris Burden’s Urban Light sculpture lighting up [...]

]]> http://www.gelatobaby.com/2008/11/15/saturday-night-lights/comment-page-1/#comment-1741 Fluzzknee Sun, 16 Nov 2008 23:00:26 +0000 http://www.gelatobaby.com/?p=603#comment-1741 I've never read menace into the old street lamps (some of which I seem to remember on actual streets, back in my childhood). I've always felt a sense of nostalgia for a time when these lamps' aesthetic matched a vision for a present and future city. They still make me feel a certain heaviness like that which is evoked in a graveyard. The majesty of a lone bright light, a lot of it at once, is the same force I felt back when they used to (do they still? will they again?) light up the entirety of the the DWP building. (See my previous response). I’ve never read menace into the old street lamps (some of which I seem to remember on actual streets, back in my childhood). I’ve always felt a sense of nostalgia for a time when these lamps’ aesthetic matched a vision for a present and future city. They still make me feel a certain heaviness like that which is evoked in a graveyard. The majesty of a lone bright light, a lot of it at once, is the same force I felt back when they used to (do they still? will they again?) light up the entirety of the the DWP building. (See my previous response).

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