The Gates
February 24, 2005
Peter and I ventured up to NYC today in the snowy-weather to see The Gates. It was a good time, although it did get pretty cold. We had a great time walking around the Met, Central Park and getting some good pizza and gyros before jumping on the train back to Princeton. I need to get up to NYC more often this semester - good times, although it does drain the energy right out of you, walking around all afternoon. Hope you enjoy some of these photos of The Gates…
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Adam Walker Cleaveland: 
February 25th, 2005 at 12:44 am
so jealous…ah the life of a grad student…free days to squeeze in a trip to NYC in between hebrew verb forms, papers, stirring up all kinds of discussion the blog,and the field thing for next fall…not to bad a life, huh;) cool photos too!
visited with friends from seminary days this past weekend and was nostalgic…you bring me back to ’simpler’ times, thanks. ~susie
February 25th, 2005 at 6:55 am
yay! i’m glad you went.
i’ll be dressing warmly and trying to make it there myself in a day or two.
February 25th, 2005 at 1:00 pm
That is beautiful. Nice pictures whoever took them, great shots. I wish I was on the east coast…but I am not!
February 28th, 2005 at 2:31 am
Just wanted to thank you for taking the time to place these pictures on your blog. Wonderful images.
February 28th, 2005 at 11:40 am
#1 David ,you really don’t want to go to the east coast to live,or the west for that matter. As the last election proved, these people don’t even know that the rest of the US exists.
#2 Just a question;
Why is it ok to waste money on this tripe? The liberal ec is always rebuking evangelicals and conservatives for the waste of money in the church on pointless self centered expenditures, but thus is ok??
I don’t care if it comes from the artists private foundation, you would think that those who believe that this “art” betters mankind would take all the material, man hours-labor, and finances and invest them in the tsunami zone or Sudan or Rwanda or whatever is the current trendy area for liberals to spout off about.
Vanity of vanities; all is vanity indeed!!
February 28th, 2005 at 1:33 pm
Next you’re going to start a tangent on how Art & Music programs in schools should be cut a bit more - after all, the money could go eleswhere, couldn’t it?
Maybe libraries don’t need poetry and literature books, they aren’t really very practical are they? Heaven help us!
That kind of public art project created revenue for the city of NYC, brought visitors from all over the COUNTRY and even the WORLD to see and experience it together and created work for people involved in the project.
…Before you go tearing this project apart or using it as some springboard for your frustrations with the “liberals” - why don’t you try getting even a TINY bit of information about what you’re talking about?
This particular project was financed by the artist’s themselves, and their revenue will come from the pictures, drawings, etc. that their work generates -
“As with their previous works of art, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, who do not accept any forms of sponsorship, will finance the entire cost of ‚ÄúThe Gates‚Äù through the sale of studies, preparatory drawings and collages, scale models, earlier works, and original lithographs of other subjects. The cost of ‚ÄúThe Gates‚Äù covers materials, fabrication, installation, insurance, labor, removal, and security. Christo and Jeanne-Claude will indemnify, hold harmless, and reimburse the City and the Central Park Conservancy for expenses related to the work of art and its installation.”
from http://www.nyc.gov/html/om/html/2003a/pr023-03.html
I simply HOPE anyone bent on criticizing how others are spending money, is at peace + happy when they look at where their own time and money are being invested. You can go around tearing things apart, but I hope you’re involved in building up and being constructive somewhere alongt he line, because the harshness isn’t going to help anyone in Asia, and it’s not going to help a hungry person in New York City, either.
Anyway.
Enough of that, thanks for the pictures Adam! I thought they were lovely.
I’m still kind of glad I skipped the trip and the cold and stayed in :)
February 28th, 2005 at 1:38 pm
Chris P, although I see where your second question comes from, the question you raise ultimately addresses whether art is research, whether it further’s human intellectual capacity and growth.
Nanotechnological research, for instance, is a billion dollar industry. Should not all or a great portion of that money be given toward Tsunami relief as well?
February 28th, 2005 at 10:20 pm
gates 3 and gates 6, all dooced up, are really great pictures adam.
and i used to feel a little “what’s the point?” about art, but my tune is everchanging. now i can’t get enough. God created. why shouldn’t we?