waikiore 398 Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Intrigued to finally see this art installation erected on the wharf even without the promised giant chandelier, its a shame one side of the council doesnt talk to the other-- laneway, the fishing boat celebration, the open wharves and regatta day on anniversary weekend, but they will do the official unveiling a week or two later..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MasterOfDisaster 0 Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 There was some good schadenfreude to be had listening to public feedback about it on RNZ yesterday morning. You know art is doing it's job when it's got people upset arms about its very existence. It seems more tasteful than Cuba Street's gold-plated poop. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fish 0 Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Apparently Barfoot and Thompson donated $1mil to initiate this 'art'. How much irony is in that? A real estate company donating the average price of a house in Auckland, to build a house, but one that no-one can actually live in, in the middle of a housing crisis. the irony! Is that art imitating life of life imitating art... oh dear. It doesn't even look like art, it looks like a house. Comment has been made on the number of homeless people sleeping rough in the general downtown area around this house...... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rmiker 15 Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Oh it's supposed to be art. So we were wrong, someone hasn't started importing second hand houses. Don't bet on it!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fish 0 Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 I had a lisdecksic moment readying this thread title just then. I thought it said 'Steak House on the Wharf'. Now that would be good wouldn't it. You could tuck into a nice juicy ribeye while watching the boats sail by. Much more useful than a monument that looks just like a house... Bugger this, I'm going to go home and put dinner on the BBQ. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
erice 732 Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 got a nice glass balustrade on the outside stairs can't remember those on 50's state houses the copper guttering too, but that will age into something that looks right meh.... at least tax payers didn't have to pay for it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ScottiE 174 Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 No ratepayers did instead! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
erice 732 Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 The sculpture has largely been funded by a $1 million gift in 2013 from the real estate firm Barfoot & Thompson to mark 90 years in business. The cost blew out to $1.924 million before being trimmed to $1.5 million. The $500,000 shortfall has been filled by private donations. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=11678132 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
harrytom 642 Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 The sculpture has largely been funded by a $1 million gift in 2013 from the real estate firm Barfoot & Thompson to mark 90 years in business. The cost blew out to $1.924 million before being trimmed to $1.5 million. The $500,000 shortfall has been filled by private donations. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=11678132 fugly Quote Link to post Share on other sites
brendong 5 Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 In the midst of Auckland's housing crisis our council sign off a $1.5 million state house edifice that can only be viewed from the outside, imagine how many current (liveable) state houses the council can have tarted up for $1.5 million. I'm not a graffiti supporter or fan however I hope this load of crap becomes a target for some real smart political graffiti aimed at our council. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ynot 45 Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Who actually paid for it? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Romany 162 Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Who actually paid for it? Barfoot Thompson Real Estate plus private contributions according to earlier posts, (quoting The NZ Herald). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
waikiore 398 Posted January 15, 2017 Author Share Posted January 15, 2017 Really begging for some of the homeless to occupy (with their fishing lines) ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
smithy09 50 Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 About as useful as the Milford marina bridge!! Not quite as expensive though... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
erice 732 Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 if "streeties" occupied it think they'd be kicked out REAL quick possibly the same if they slept + pissed in the doorway of the art gallery but setting up "digs" at library seems tolerated maybe 6 - 10? bods sleeping there each night at the bike racks or various cardboard structures tastefully blended in to the sidewall window alcoves meanwhile, benefit mum who accepted $5k to move from ak to a hamilton state house has used up the money and wants to move back to a caravan in ak Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest 000 Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 Saw it today! I thought it was the wharfinger's shed.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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