Black Lives Matter Bollocks

[Boac]

Will it float?

[1DC]

Suspect the people who put it up will get away with it but the person who sprays it white will go to jail...

[OFSO]

Reading the dire predictions this morning regarding falling birthrates and what it will do to the "world" (BBC Website) I note that they have averaged figures for the whole world, rather than citing the inevitable imbalance headed our way regarding, for example, Europe and Africa. Not PC to mention this, of course.

[G-CPTN]

POTUS was asked why African Americans were dying at the hands of police, and he replied "So are white people - in fact more white people."

[Ex-Ascot]

Speaking to local NR friends here and they haven't heard about all this *****. When explained they considered it ridiculous. Agreed with us that all lives matter apart from the French.

[barkingmad]

Will it float?

Being made of ‘resin’ I suspect a Joan of Arc fate may be the method of disposal?

There are probably tons of discarded inflammable cardboard lying around, awaiting collection by the ratepayer funded city council, so maybe a guard should be mounted by the BLM sympathisers to prevent anything awful occurring to their idol?

[Boac]

https://www.airlive.net/she-is-the-firs ... ter-pilot/

May I claim the comment 'Black and Decker'?

[Pontius Navigator]

Will it float?

Being made of ‘resin’ I suspect a Joan of Arc fate may be the method of disposal?

There are probably tons of discarded inflammable cardboard lying around, awaiting collection by the ratepayer funded city council, so maybe a guard should be mounted by the BLM sympathisers to prevent anything awful occurring to their idol?

The council has ordered that it be removed.

Is it a question or all lives matter or H&S.

[Boac]

I would vote for it to stay for a month or so and then perhaps let the residents decide- it is a work of art and does no harm.

[om15]

and does no harm.

It is quite likely to fire up the young white males in Bristol with enthusiasm to demonstrate their support for BLM, throwing it in the river and burning down a few adjacent buildings is ok, but it might get out of hand, particularly if they have been on the cider.

[Boac]

Then arrest them if it gets 'out of hand'? I will admit to little confidence in the 'young white males in Bristol' level of intellect. 'Britain's finest'?

[Undried Plum]

What, exactly, is the kit with which it was made?

The bint seems to have said that she was photographed, or otherwise optically scanned, by a coupla hundred cameras and the 3-D data was programmed into some kind of 3D printer.

Anyone know wot dat ting is?

I think it deserves to succeed.

Michaelangelo and Sir Henry Raeburn, et al, must be twitching in their graves!

[PHXPhlyer]

Plum:
Article I read said that the mould was 3-D printed, not the statue itself.

PP

[Undried Plum]

OK. Tell me more.

[Undried Plum]

There are hundreds of statues in Edinburgh. Almost all to men, bar a bear and a dog.

I only know of one which is a memorial to a woman. That's one down in Leith, to Frau Saxe-Coburg Gotha. Not someone who'd one would associate with Edinburgh. Balmoral perhaps, but not Edinburgh.

This technology opens up multitudes of opportunities for Edinburgh, and other lowland Scots, women of note to be celebrated at very reasonable cost.

Bring it on, I say.


Edited to add:
Also an owl and a pussycat, but you'd have to sloshed on Cockburn's Port to spot them. Even Magnus may not have spotted them.

[PHXPhlyer]

Here you go.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Surge_o ... Reid)_2020

A Surge of Power (Jen Reid) 2020
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A Surge of Power (Jen Reid) 2020
A Surge of Power (Jen Reid) 15th July 2020.jpg
Artist Marc Quinn
Completion date 2020
Type Sculpture
Medium Resin and steel
Subject Jen Reid
Location Bristol
51.45458°N 2.59681°WCoordinates: 51.45458°N 2.59681°W
A Surge of Power (Jen Reid) 2020 is a 2020 sculpture of a protester in black resin by Marc Quinn. The sculpture was erected surreptitiously in Bristol city centre in the early morning of 15 July 2020. It was placed on the empty plinth from where the 19th-century statue of Edward Colston had been toppled by protesters on 7 June 2020.


Contents
1 Overview
2 History
3 Reaction
4 References
5 External links
Overview
A Surge of Power (Jen Reid) 2020 was constructed by Quinn and his team from black resin and steel.[1][2] Erected on 15 July 2020, it occupies the plinth in The Centre, Bristol where a statue of Edward Colston was situated before its removal by protesters on 7 June 2020. It depicts Jen Reid, one of the protesters, in a pose she struck on the plinth shortly after the Colston statue's removal.[1]

History
See also: Statue of Edward Colston § Toppling and removal
On 7 June 2020, the statue of Edward Colston, a Bristol merchant, philanthropist, and Tory Member of Parliament who had been involved in the Atlantic slave trade,[1] was torn down during protests.[3] Protester Jen Reid climbed onto the plinth and made a raised fist. A photograph of this posted to Instagram was seen by Quinn.[2]

To create the sculpture, Quinn made a 3D scan of Reid recreating the pose. The sculpture was 3D printed in sections before being cast in black resin and assembled.[2]

The statue was erected secretly in the early morning of 15 July 2020 by a team of 10 people in 15 minutes.[1] The statue was neither commissioned by the local authorities, nor was permission sought for its erection,[4] though the placement of the statue is not illegal.[2] The statue is affixed in a manner that did not require any damage to the plinth.[2]

Reaction
Reid herself described the installation of the piece as "just incredible" adding that "That's pretty **** ballsy, that it is". Quinn described the piece as a "new temporary, public installation",[4] "ultimately moveable" and that it was "not a permanent artwork".[1] However Quinn said that his team had surveyed the location and it was not easily moved.[5] Her daughter Leila described it as "incredible" and "surreal".[6]

Mayor of Bristol Marvin Rees said the statue did not have permission to be installed, and would be removed.[7] He had previously said that the future of the plinth would be decided by the people of Bristol.[8]

References
"Edward Colston statue replaced by sculpture of Black Lives Matter protester"
. The Guardian. 15 July 2020. Archived
from the original on 15 July 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
Emelife, Aindrea (15 July 2020). "'Hope flows through her': artist Marc Quinn on replacing Colston with a Black Lives Matter statue"
. The Guardian. Archived
from the original on 15 July 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
Siddique, Haroon (7 June 2020). "BLM protesters topple statue of Bristol slave trader Edward Colston"
. The Guardian. Archived
from the original on 7 June 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
"A joint statement from Marc Quinn and Jen Reid"
. Marc Quinn. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
"Bristol statue replaced by sculpture of black protester"
. RTE News. 15 July 2020.
"Slave trader's statue replaced by Black Lives Matter protester"
. The Irish Times. Retrieved 2020-07-15.
"Jen Reid: Black Lives Matter statue to go from Colston plinth"
. BBC News. BBC. 15 July 2020. Archived
from the original on 15 July 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
"Edward Colston statue replaced by sculpture of Black Lives Matter protester"
. BBC News. 15 July 2020. Archived
from the original on 15 July 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
External links
Jen Reid: Statue of Black Lives Matter protester appears on Colston plinth
- includes photo of Reid's original pose
Categories: 2020 establishments in England2020 sculpturesPublic art in EnglandOutdoor sculptures in EnglandSculptures of women in the United KingdomHistory of BristolMonuments and memorials in BristolBlack Lives MatterBlack people in artSculptures by Marc QuinnResin sculptures
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PP

[G-CPTN]

A joint statement from Marc Quinn and Jen Reid.

[Undried Plum]

Nice.

I fully 'get' the fundamental importance of the statement made by that the statue, and its existence, makes.

My question was more technical.

How, exactly, was it made?

[G-CPTN]

My question was more technical.
How, exactly, was it made?

3D SCANNING SCULPTURE.

3D body scanning.



AIUI, he 'printed' the negative (mould) in sections then cast the statue using the moulds.

[G-CPTN]

This video describes the (very) basic method of acquiring a 'scan' using photography:-