Cementland in NY Times - General Tiki

N nichols Member Joined: Jul 03, 2003 Posts: 44	N nichols Posted posted on Thu, Nov 13, 2008 11:58 AM Check out the concrete Moai in this new cement waste theme park! NEW YORK TIMES One Part Cement, Two Parts Whimsy, One Odd Park ST. LOUIS — In an industrial area here known for truckyards, not art, a sculptor and entrepreneur named Bob Cassilly stands on a 100-foot-tall hill, created from some of the 182,000 truckloads of dirt that have been unloaded and applied to the skeleton of a former cement factory. Construction companies have dumped dirt here since before he bought the property on which he is standing. But Mr. Cassilly, who has made use of others’ castoffs since the ’70s, is happy to continue the dumping arrangement. It means free sculpture material; just as important, the companies pay him to unload. Without that, he said, “this is basically an unaffordable project.” The project, which he calls Cementland, resists easy categorization. Imagine a park peppered with Mr. Cassilly’s lively animal sculptures... http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/25/arts/design/25ceme.html?_r=1&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink&oref=slogin
BB Bongo Bungalow Member Indiana Joined: Aug 20, 2007 Posts: 1295	BB Bongo Bungalow Posted posted on Thu, Nov 13, 2008 1:46 PM Looks a lot like the foreground tiki in Shag's new print. [ Edited by: Bongo Bungalow 2008-11-13 13:48 ]
BTP blindy the pirate Member Tallahassee FL Joined: Jan 21, 2008 Posts: 160	BTP blindy the pirate Posted posted on Fri, Nov 14, 2008 8:27 AM It comforts me to know that I'm not the only person out there that has a love of urban decay and can see the art in it. Is there any St Louis TCers out there that know about this place?
M MadDogMike Grand Member (8 years) The Anvil of the Sun Joined: Mar 30, 2008 Posts: 10860	M MadDogMike Posted posted on Fri, Nov 14, 2008 9:00 AM The guy's name is Cassilly, maybe it should have been Cas-CRAZY! :lol: Looks like he's got an ambitious project, I wish him luck.

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nichols Posted posted on Thu, Nov 13, 2008 11:58 AM

Check out the concrete Moai in this new cement waste theme park!

NEW YORK TIMES
One Part Cement, Two Parts Whimsy, One Odd Park

ST. LOUIS — In an industrial area here known for truckyards, not art, a sculptor and entrepreneur named Bob Cassilly stands on a 100-foot-tall hill, created from some of the 182,000 truckloads of dirt that have been unloaded and applied to the skeleton of a former cement factory.

Construction companies have dumped dirt here since before he bought the property on which he is standing. But Mr. Cassilly, who has made use of others’ castoffs since the ’70s, is happy to continue the dumping arrangement. It means free sculpture material; just as important, the companies pay him to unload. Without that, he said, “this is basically an unaffordable project.”

The project, which he calls Cementland, resists easy categorization. Imagine a park peppered with Mr. Cassilly’s lively animal sculptures...

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/25/arts/design/25ceme.html?_r=1&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink&oref=slogin

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Bongo Bungalow Posted posted on Thu, Nov 13, 2008 1:46 PM

Looks a lot like the foreground tiki in Shag's new print.

[ Edited by: Bongo Bungalow 2008-11-13 13:48 ]

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blindy the pirate Posted posted on Fri, Nov 14, 2008 8:27 AM

It comforts me to know that I'm not the only person out there that has a love of urban decay and can see the art in it.

Is there any St Louis TCers out there that know about this place?

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MadDogMike Posted posted on Fri, Nov 14, 2008 9:00 AM

The guy's name is Cassilly, maybe it should have been Cas-CRAZY! :lol:

Looks like he's got an ambitious project, I wish him luck.