There is an interesting new addition to the Canberran public art scene erected at the Drakeford Drive / Marconi Crescent intersection in Kambah. I think it went up this morning.
Anyone got the foggiest what it is meant to be? My money is on gamboling gold fish.
[ED – if someone can send a picture in to images@the-riotact.com that will be great]
UPDATE 31/03/12 13:25 Thanks to Threepaws who has been out to get a picture:
And also to Skidbladnir:
UPDATE 01/04/12 09:06: Mark has sent in this one with a note:
Here’s a pic. I note you have two already, but this one is a different angle and shows the structure nicely as it is visible from the road.
Also, there is already graffiti visible: a silver “shit happens :P” stencil on a central “petal” of the sculpture. Pretty sure this is new since last night: got this image this morning.
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What’s Your opinion?
An orgy of gold fish
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I thought it was a lobster.
Well done RIOTACT. You are now officially “an influential city blog” (http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/theres-something-fishy-about-this-moth-20120402-1w96q.html).
Oh and apparently they’re not gold fish. It is “it is a representation of one giant, fluttering bogong moth” unless the CT is two days late with this story.
driving north at 10pm in the dark it the northern most on the west side one does look kind of like a goldfish. one 8 year olds make from an foam craft kit
An interesting observation about Marconi Cres. When I was in high school in 1975 someone said there was an unofficial nude beach at Kambah Pool where action took place in the bushes. I took out the Canberra map and planned my bike trip there noting the streets I had to travel on.
Drakeford Drive/Tuggeranong Parkway came to a halt just over the hill and you had to turn right into a street with a long, unpronounceable Aboriginal name. When I arrived at the intersection I saw on the signposts that the name had been changed to Marconi Cres.
Those were the days before public art although I saw a lot of much nicer pubic art down at The Pool 😛
We drove past this last night, what a hideous distraction.
Dilandach said :
There’s nothing troubling about an orgy, only when it happens on the side of a road in Kambah…
I like it.
It doesn’t look like it’s picked up any graffiti yet. Give it time…
Holy crap!
WTF is that!