Savage Renewal: The Toronto Moai - General Tiki

T tikibars Tiki Socialite Aku Hall, Chicago Joined: Apr 11, 2002 Posts: 2034	T tikibars Posted posted on Fri, Sep 9, 2005 4:41 PM As of my visit to the Moai last summer, it isn't pink anymore. Looks like the weather eroded the pink color, and now it's an undientifiable neutral shade of something or other. Also, we can't attribute this moai's presence to Tiki-ism... the store it is in front of sells adventure wear, and Easter Island is one of the many hard-to-reach locations paid tribute to via phony artifacts inside and outside the store. So the Moai isn't here as a Tiki pop artifact, but rather as an example of a world adventure destination. Pink or otherwise... As you will all learn by reading Big Stone Head (90% done... now I need a publisher), the phenomenon of Moai/Easter Island fascination definitely intersects with Polynesian Pop of the middle 20th century in a big way, but it also has its own life and history that began many, many years before Poly Pop, and survived during Poly Pop's dark ages as well.

As of my visit to the Moai last summer, it isn't pink anymore.

Looks like the weather eroded the pink color, and now it's an undientifiable neutral shade of something or other.

Also, we can't attribute this moai's presence to Tiki-ism... the store it is in front of sells adventure wear, and Easter Island is one of the many hard-to-reach locations paid tribute to via phony artifacts inside and outside the store. So the Moai isn't here as a Tiki pop artifact, but rather as an example of a world adventure destination.

Pink or otherwise...

As you will all learn by reading Big Stone Head (90% done... now I need a publisher), the phenomenon of Moai/Easter Island fascination definitely intersects with Polynesian Pop of the middle 20th century in a big way, but it also has its own life and history that began many, many years before Poly Pop, and survived during Poly Pop's dark ages as well.

Post #185634 by tikibars on Fri, Sep 9, 2005 4:41 PM