The Waterfalls Start Falling
[nggallery id=”22379″ template=galleryview] At 7 a.m. this morning, the Olafur Eliasson-designed waterfalls started cascading at four locations around the city. We’ve got photos here of two: The one under the Brooklyn Bridge (shot from the new Pop-Up Park—more on that later) and the one between piers 4 and 5. (The other two are on Governor’s…
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At 7 a.m. this morning, the Olafur Eliasson-designed waterfalls started cascading at four locations around the city. We’ve got photos here of two: The one under the Brooklyn Bridge (shot from the new Pop-Up Park—more on that later) and the one between piers 4 and 5. (The other two are on Governor’s Island and Pier 35 in Manhattan.) Wish we’d had a boat to go out in this morning! Update: Gothamist has a short video (with nice sound) posted here.
Waterfalls Project Rising in Brooklyn Bridge Park [Brownstoner]
Waterfall Art Project Coming to Life Under the Bridge [Brownstoner]
The location is strange. It’s under the BB, so you can’t see it if you are walking over the bridge. The side view from the park emphasizes the cheezy scaffolding, not the lovely frontal rush of water. The only way to get that view is to head out into the river on a boat, I guess.
Anyone scope out how this looks from the pedestrian walk over the Manhattan Bridge?
I thought that this was already open because I saw it up and working on Monday of this week. I guess they were testing it or something. The boats that spray the red ,white and blue water for July 4th are more interesting than this.
It will be alot nicer to look at when it gets dark. Doesn’t it light up?
I was skeptical at first about the Gates but fell in love with them the first time I saw them and it was clear many locals and tourists did too.
As for this one, I envision most people scratching their head trying to figure out what this is and when it will be completed. I’ll have to give it another chance in person, but at first glance, I expected something much more impactful too.
I thought it would have a bigger impact visually- whether or not you liked the gates, their artistry was in that they altered their environment. The Falls looks more like an afterthought or a failed attempt.
Maybe he intended it as a “Homage to Construction with Leak” 🙂
*****
Waste of resources.
*****
Oh, and poorly realized.
Good luck if you’re a trendoid tourist expecting to be wowed…
“I could argue with someone over whether or not my dog’s crap is art. Does that make it art?”
10:56#1, I was going to say the exact same thing!
“I fail to see the difference between this and simply putting one of those Las Vegas style fountains in the middle of the East River”
The difference is Las Vegas style fountains would have been more appealing than this!
All water no slide.
I’m also underwhelmed, I didn’t think the MOMA / PS1 show was anything special either. An interesting idea in the abstract is clumsily rendered – the ugly scaffolding is huge, the ‘waterfall’ is wimpy. It looks like water being shot from hoses on scaffolding – not like a waterfall. Similarly his big mirror on the ceiling at PS1 was cheap looking with seams and ripples where the mylar wasn’t pulled tightly enough. And he reverse waterfall at PS1 just looked like a mess. “there’s no there there”