The five-metre tall polystyrene and resin sculpture was created by artist Ronnie van Hout. It's a large hand standing on two fingers, with a face in the palm.
Originally, it stood atop Christchurch Art Gallery, but now "Quasi" is perched on top of Wellington's City Gallery, staring out over the city.
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Another user had just the right mix of reverence and fear.
"Gaze upon him, is that the face of a merciful God?"
I don't know if this is exactly the right thread, but we don't have one for "Boschian nightmares that should remain forever buried", so.
Sigh.
Okay, so Civic Square is kind of supposed to be one of the landmark public spaces of the city. It's the space between the Micheal Fowler Center (home of NZSO), Town Hall, The Public Library, and Wellington Art Gallery. It's a vibrant place of culture and public interaction.
...or at least it was. The Town Hall restoration is years overdue and millions over budget, so that's been fronted by construction boarding for half a decade.
The City Library was closed last year and probably needs to be torn down, following the discovery that a certain type of building construction doesn't behave in earthquakes the way we thought it did.
And the signature sculpture piece 'ferns' was found to have suffered significant structural damage in Wellington's marine climate and high winds, so it had to be reforged and replaced only to be taken down again less than a year later.
So it's become a bit of a dead space, lacking what used to make it an actual nice public space full of locals rubbing shoulders and random free concerts and public events.
... And it's local government elections in two months.
So basically I think the current local government needed a quick bandaid to show they were investing and committed to bringing culture and life back to the Square, asked around for what was available, and Christchurch was like 'have we got a deal for you'.
Cue Faustian pact for Lovecraftian nightmare.
But seriously, look at how gorgeous Ferns used to be. It used to be so pretty. Sigh.
Wow I can't believe they said the face is in the palm. That's clearly the back of the hand, article author. Or are hands also backwards in NZ?
Maybe it's a linguistic thing, like how in UK English "pants" refers to what US English speakers call "underwear".
Maybe in NZ English, "palm" refers to what other Englishes call "back of the hand".
What are underpants then
Same thing. Pants is short for underpants.
Wait no
This gets recursive and I do not care for it
it's not our fault that the US threw out a perfectly serviceable word like trousers.
A very cursory Internet search - the basis of all good scholarship - tells me that "trousers" originated in early 17th century, and "pantaloons" originated in late 16th century (and was shortened to "pants" in the 19th). So, it seems more like the colonies broke away, and then the Brits were like "OK, now that those jerks are gone, let's use a new word for long-outerwear-leg-garment".
Also I looked up "pantaloons" while I was at it, and boy did I not expect this:
Because of his skinny legs, Pantalone is often portrayed wearing trousers rather than knee-breeches (which Jaques refers to as "his youthful hose, well sav'd, a world too wide/For his shrunk shank"). He therefore became the origin of the name of a type of trouser called "pantaloons", which was later shortened to "pants"
How much of modern European and European-influenced culture can be traced back to commedia dell'arte?
Etymology
Borrowed from French pantalon, from Italian Pantalone, a traditional character in 16th-century Italian comedy. See “Commedia dell'arte” in Wikipedia. The name is of Ancient Greek origin and loosely translates as "entirely lion." See παν (pan) and λέων (léōn).
What the fuck.
Assuming that isn't complete nonsense, I'm gonna have to give this one to "pantaloons", and transition to using that word exclusively in my day-to-day life.
Etymology
Borrowed from French pantalon, from Italian Pantalone, a traditional character in 16th-century Italian comedy. See “Commedia dell'arte” in Wikipedia. The name is of Ancient Greek origin and loosely translates as "entirely lion." See παν (pan) and λέων (léōn).
What the fuck.
Assuming that isn't complete nonsense, I'm gonna have to give this one to "pantaloons", and transition to using that word exclusively in my day-to-day life.
It looks like it might actually be more correctly anglicized Panteleimon, or all-compassionate, although the saint in question is commonly spelled Pantaleon in English which does confuse matters
Etymology
Borrowed from French pantalon, from Italian Pantalone, a traditional character in 16th-century Italian comedy. See “Commedia dell'arte” in Wikipedia. The name is of Ancient Greek origin and loosely translates as "entirely lion." See παν (pan) and λέων (léōn).
What the fuck.
Assuming that isn't complete nonsense, I'm gonna have to give this one to "pantaloons", and transition to using that word exclusively in my day-to-day life.
It looks like it might actually be more correctly anglicized Panteleimon, or all-compassionate, although the saint in question is commonly spelled Pantaleon in English which does confuse matters
Listen to me. I respect you and I admire you.
If you take an old-timey clown named "Entirely Lion" away from me, we are going to have a problem.
There is a bizarre ideal about taking the downtown part of Albuquerque back to how it looked in the 60's with a modern appeal
So from this
To something like this
The goal is to attract businesses and people to the area
'Trousers' is one of the few words from gaelic (Scots or middle Irish depending on who you believe) to make it relatively unchanged into modern English!
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'Trousers' is one of the few words from gaelic (Scots or middle Irish depending on who you believe) to make it relatively unchanged into modern English!
also trousers is still a words said in the south a lot
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at least in appalachia
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I feel like trousers is still used in American English, it just refers to a specific type of pants/trousers, as opposed to being the catch-all word.
Like, I hear trousers from someone around here and I assume they're talking about dress pants of some variety.
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I believe it's also used to refer to the supporting frame under the body of a motor vehicle.
I forgot slang is correct medical terminology! Case closed!
Same thing. Pants is short for underpants.
Wait no
This gets recursive and I do not care for it
Blame Victorian era obsession with modesty or something.
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In UK English underpants are pants that go under
it's not our fault that the US threw out a perfectly serviceable word like trousers.
But if underpants are pants that go under and pants are underpants then
I was a bit confused
Not as confused as whoever decided that terminology would be useful.
Sigh.
Okay, so Civic Square is kind of supposed to be one of the landmark public spaces of the city. It's the space between the Micheal Fowler Center (home of NZSO), Town Hall, The Public Library, and Wellington Art Gallery. It's a vibrant place of culture and public interaction.
...or at least it was. The Town Hall restoration is years overdue and millions over budget, so that's been fronted by construction boarding for half a decade.
The City Library was closed last year and probably needs to be torn down, following the discovery that a certain type of building construction doesn't behave in earthquakes the way we thought it did.
And the signature sculpture piece 'ferns' was found to have suffered significant structural damage in Wellington's marine climate and high winds, so it had to be reforged and replaced only to be taken down again less than a year later.
So it's become a bit of a dead space, lacking what used to make it an actual nice public space full of locals rubbing shoulders and random free concerts and public events.
... And it's local government elections in two months.
So basically I think the current local government needed a quick bandaid to show they were investing and committed to bringing culture and life back to the Square, asked around for what was available, and Christchurch was like 'have we got a deal for you'.
Cue Faustian pact for Lovecraftian nightmare.
But seriously, look at how gorgeous Ferns used to be. It used to be so pretty. Sigh.
Also I looked up "pantaloons" while I was at it, and boy did I not expect this: How much of modern European and European-influenced culture can be traced back to commedia dell'arte?
Assuming that isn't complete nonsense, I'm gonna have to give this one to "pantaloons", and transition to using that word exclusively in my day-to-day life.
I don't want to alarm you, but I think your city may be under attack by the 12th Angel. Is the giant hand perhaps connected to some sort of mecha?
It looks like it might actually be more correctly anglicized Panteleimon, or all-compassionate, although the saint in question is commonly spelled Pantaleon in English which does confuse matters
Listen to me. I respect you and I admire you.
If you take an old-timey clown named "Entirely Lion" away from me, we are going to have a problem.
So from this
To something like this
The goal is to attract businesses and people to the area
Just they are messing it up in so many ways
Fans can wear pants on their heads.
Me or?
Nope, just bobcats
-Indiana Solo, runner of blades
'Trousers' is one of the few words from gaelic (Scots or middle Irish depending on who you believe) to make it relatively unchanged into modern English!
Yes, for this city redesign initiative
I'm not entirely certain about this bold new direction for the Mega Man X series.
also trousers is still a words said in the south a lot
Like, I hear trousers from someone around here and I assume they're talking about dress pants of some variety.
Suddenly, removing his armor takes on unfortunate implications
By their tongue/shall ye know them