ProudCanadianCitizen@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 2 days ago‘It’s ridiculous’: Saskatoon’s $300K plastic rock sculptures spark debate over public art spendingwww.ctvnews.caexternal-linkmessage-square28linkfedilinkarrow-up191arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up187arrow-down1external-link‘It’s ridiculous’: Saskatoon’s $300K plastic rock sculptures spark debate over public art spendingwww.ctvnews.caProudCanadianCitizen@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 2 days agomessage-square28linkfedilinkfile-text
Interesting how the final price of the ‘art’ was just under the total budget for artworks. I wonder how that happened?
minus-squarepasdechance@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 days agoWere there other propositions? Was there a call for tenders or a vote of some sort? Maybe the locals love the idea? After all, there are other silly things in the prairies, even giant hoes… Unfortunately, it isn’t real… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giants_of_the_Prairies
minus-squaresystemglitch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoI’m a local, this is stupid and embarrassing.
minus-squarepasdechance@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoI would be too. I also think the weather will damage them, and they will be targets for petty vandalism.
Were there other propositions? Was there a call for tenders or a vote of some sort? Maybe the locals love the idea? After all, there are other silly things in the prairies, even giant hoes…
Unfortunately, it isn’t real…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giants_of_the_Prairies
I’m a local, this is stupid and embarrassing.
I would be too. I also think the weather will damage them, and they will be targets for petty vandalism.