London Orbit

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  • lukus_W0

    Also, if a large public sculpture like this can be taken as a symbol of the aspirations of a country - I think there's something quite pleasantly honest / realistic about this one.

    While the Eiffel Tower is regular and authoritarian .. this is a sprawling mess. No hierarchy - no single, pointed ambition. Just an organic, amorphous network of appendages. It's quite a modern statement - maybe a statement that we as a country should aim to promote.

    The references to roller-coaster / helter-skelter is quite a witty touch. Bit self-deprecating maybe .. but ultimately a reminder that good times follow bad - and all is connected.

    I think I might grow to like it.

    • Sprawling mess. No hierarchy - no single, pointed ambition, Sums up England quit well.pillhead
    • Totally! :)lukus_W

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