Comments on: Hump Day Cool Finger: Your Mercury Ocean Skateboard by Olafur Eliasson for Mekanism http://www.artlurker.com/2009/11/hump-day-cool-finger-your-mercury-ocean-skateboard-by-olafur-eliasson-for-mekanism/ A Miami based contemporary art newsletter / blog Sat, 18 May 2013 12:48:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: dogcouch http://www.artlurker.com/2009/11/hump-day-cool-finger-your-mercury-ocean-skateboard-by-olafur-eliasson-for-mekanism/comment-page-1/#comment-11342 dogcouch Mon, 06 Jun 2011 22:02:31 +0000 http://www.artlurker.com/?p=2833#comment-11342 You said very Very meaningful welcome to my site <a href="http://dogcouch.org" rel="nofollow">dog couch</a>. You said very Very meaningful welcome to my site dog couch.

]]> By: Nick Arehart http://www.artlurker.com/2009/11/hump-day-cool-finger-your-mercury-ocean-skateboard-by-olafur-eliasson-for-mekanism/comment-page-1/#comment-9286 Nick Arehart Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:30:42 +0000 http://www.artlurker.com/?p=2833#comment-9286 I think the question of whether or not this is practical as a skateboard is unimportant. When you attempt to converge two subcultures like art and skateboarding in an effort to create something new, that product is neither wholly grounded in the ideology of one group or the other. It has to be judged on its own merit. I don't think you'd ever see this deck in the MOMA and you certainly wouldn't be able to buy one at your loacal skate shop but can you look at it and make out the features of its cultural ancestors? I believe its ethnology is clear and that is a success. I think the question of whether or not this is practical as a skateboard is unimportant. When you attempt to converge two subcultures like art and skateboarding in an effort to create something new, that product is neither wholly grounded in the ideology of one group or the other. It has to be judged on its own merit. I don’t think you’d ever see this deck in the MOMA and you certainly wouldn’t be able to buy one at your loacal skate shop but can you look at it and make out the features of its cultural ancestors? I believe its ethnology is clear and that is a success.

]]> By: Richard Haden http://www.artlurker.com/2009/11/hump-day-cool-finger-your-mercury-ocean-skateboard-by-olafur-eliasson-for-mekanism/comment-page-1/#comment-9285 Richard Haden Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:11:42 +0000 http://www.artlurker.com/?p=2833#comment-9285 Well... it appears to be a very transparent board. A "partial object" in that it is more than a skateboard; it's also a referent; a rolling signifier; or perhaps an argument about the problems of an over stacked deck. It's transportation and it's a tool for the street acrobat. These days it's also the artist's way to make it over the edge and scratch the itch under an annoying economic (for)cast. Is it the industrialization of art or is it industrial art design or is it merely the mix-up of art and design. At least there are no boring ergonomic issues here...as might be the case behind flimsy IKEA design... It just looks like this skate board deck is designed for all those seeking a little bit more out of an aesthetically relational ride...Hell, surely even Jesus, whose claim to fame rest partly on walking on water, might, if he were around today, take pause and go for a ride. So as far as this slice of aquatic mimickery goes I'm sure there are enough wanton aesthetes who would take this stacked deck for a glorified ride, hoping to catch the aura of sublime posturing. At the end of the day isn't it just a matter of how wet the sweat is on a cotton T or how high and dry a board hangs looking pretty on a wall. Well… it appears to be a very transparent board. A “partial object” in that it is more than a skateboard; it’s also a referent; a rolling signifier; or perhaps an argument about the problems of an over stacked deck. It’s transportation and it’s a tool for the street acrobat. These days it’s also the artist’s way to make it over the edge and scratch the itch under an annoying economic (for)cast.

Is it the industrialization of art or is it industrial art design or is it merely the mix-up of art and design. At least there are no boring ergonomic issues here…as might be the case behind flimsy IKEA design… It just looks like this skate board deck is designed for all those seeking a little bit more out of an aesthetically relational ride…Hell, surely even Jesus, whose claim to fame rest partly on walking on water, might, if he were around today, take pause and go for a ride. So as far as this slice of aquatic mimickery goes I’m sure there are enough wanton aesthetes who would take this stacked deck for a glorified ride, hoping to catch the aura of sublime posturing. At the end of the day isn’t it just a matter of how wet the sweat is on a cotton T or how high and dry a board hangs looking pretty on a wall.

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