Monday, October 3, 2011

Yarn-hater de-yarns the Astor Place cube

That was sort of fast... a little bit ago some kind of worker started cutting off Agata Olek's latest yarn creation...

[Via @ArtObserved]

Booo! And here are some shots from earlier in the day by East Village resident Beep Iams (@beepiams) ...



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12 comments:

  1. xtinehleeOctober 3, 2011 at 7:10 PM

    I'm glad I took a detour to take a look at the cube when I did today.

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  2. Juicy Lucy Juice BarOctober 3, 2011 at 7:19 PM

    She better werk! Make sure to check out the vid of her covering the Wall Street bull. Love her!

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  3. AnonymousOctober 3, 2011 at 8:02 PM

    MY HERO! thank you! cover your own sh*t with yarn! leave our stuff alone!

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  4. Crazy EddieOctober 3, 2011 at 8:04 PM

    Only corporate approved shit is now allowed at Astor Place.

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  5. esquared™October 3, 2011 at 8:04 PM

    same thing happened in 2005 when the cube was transformed into a rubik's cube, which only lasted for ~24 hours.

    they ought to remove those zip ties installation instead. then again, it's commissioned by nyc. i guess nobody better messes with bloomberg's bland new york.

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  6. AnonymousOctober 3, 2011 at 8:15 PM

    Ugh! We just can't have nice things.......

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  7. Jeremiah MossOctober 3, 2011 at 9:08 PM

    i like the yarn better than the trash-bag ties.

    i guess the condo tower dwellers didn't like it and ordered it down, since they own Astor Place now.

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  8. VH McKenzieOctober 3, 2011 at 9:24 PM

    You know I really don't care for the yarn-on-bicycles or yarn on cast-iron-fence poles or yarn-on-shopping carts because it basically ends up looking like trash in seconds -- and I just happen to have a personal aversion to trash -- but I have to admit the cube totally lit up my morning!

    And the fun part is that you know it's not gonna last - it's time sensitive art, clearly. So. Don't blame the de-knitter.

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  9. Laura Goggin PhotographyOctober 3, 2011 at 11:19 PM

    I love that last shot of the undulating yarny extravaganza.

    Why can't we just have FUN!

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  10. nygrumpOctober 4, 2011 at 8:57 AM

    We live under fascism, the time for fun is over. This kind of police state avante garde does not impress me. We're under attack.

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  11. JillOctober 4, 2011 at 10:34 PM

    I cannot imagine how long it would take to crochet something so huge. I've been knitting the same sweater for almost a year. How does she do it!

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  12. AnonymousOctober 23, 2011 at 9:35 PM

    Leave the cube alone! I am tired of yarn everywhere.

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