Comments on: The Golden Ass

By: Justin

Justin — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 07:15:38 +0000

I hate to take away from the point, but check out the girls at 3:28 in the video, damn!

By: Trick or Treat Dummy at Urban Prankster

Trick or Treat Dummy at Urban Prankster — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 12:47:16 +0000

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By: Homless Polar Bears at Urban Prankster

Homless Polar Bears at Urban Prankster — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:21:47 +0000

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By: calt

calt — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 09:01:59 +0000

I hate the trend of human sculptures that has popped up in cities world-wide. I went to Barcelona last December as part of a backpacking extravaganza and in the middle of the week in the middle of the winter the streets were lined with crappy sculptures. What happened to street _performers_ jugglers, musicians, acrobats?

When i stopped and listened to a violinist in Venice i tipped him. When i listened to a saxophonist in Lincoln i tipped him, and when I saw a juggler in Paris i tipped them, but those human sculptures are usually just a joke (though occasionally one will be pretty darn nifty).

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The Golden Ass « Schof’s Blog — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:21:58 +0000

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By: perro profeta

perro profeta — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 06:55:10 +0000

Well, I’m from Barcelona and the fact is that as soon as people realized that they can get money from tourists, there are a lot of bad human sculptures around here.

The prank is quite funny, but a lot of bad human sculptures get money here with a similar lack of effort.

By: Blacklight

Blacklight — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 22:35:55 +0000

That’s hillarious, people seeing that it’s been there all day!!!

By: Alvin

Alvin — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 07:13:49 +0000

Mark Jenkins does some pretty awesome stuff. Check out the Storker project on his site – really makes me want to make some of those plastic babies

By: Jave

Jave — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 05:37:43 +0000

That’s a really clever and beautiful prank and piece of art! Provokes a lot of thought.

By: Matthew Flaschen

Matthew Flaschen — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:23:57 +0000

Very cool, though the artist is understating with “it’s much easier to make pretend people”. I saw the human sculptures, and they are frighteningly realistic.