Comments on: Levitated Mass: Planning for the Final Leg of the Journey http://lacma.wordpress.com/2012/03/08/levitated-mass-planning-for-the-final-leg-of-the-journey/ Fri, 17 May 2013 06:00:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Nanci http://lacma.wordpress.com/2012/03/08/levitated-mass-planning-for-the-final-leg-of-the-journey/#comment-10350 Mon, 12 Mar 2012 17:44:48 +0000 http://lacma.wordpress.com/?p=10950#comment-10350 Oh, Alex, BTW some rocks are for skipping across the water.

You may have noticed that this one doesn’t qualify for that purpose either.

]]> By: Nanci http://lacma.wordpress.com/2012/03/08/levitated-mass-planning-for-the-final-leg-of-the-journey/#comment-10349 Mon, 12 Mar 2012 17:41:56 +0000 http://lacma.wordpress.com/?p=10950#comment-10349 You are partially correct. Some rocks are for climbing.

But not all rocks are for climbing. And this rock is one of those.

I suggest you go to Joshua Tree National Park to climb rocks. Plenty of really cool ones there to satisfy your needs.

]]> By: Alex http://lacma.wordpress.com/2012/03/08/levitated-mass-planning-for-the-final-leg-of-the-journey/#comment-10331 Mon, 12 Mar 2012 00:11:58 +0000 http://lacma.wordpress.com/?p=10950#comment-10331 Can we climb the rock? rocks are for climbing

]]> By: John Shannon http://lacma.wordpress.com/2012/03/08/levitated-mass-planning-for-the-final-leg-of-the-journey/#comment-10327 Sun, 11 Mar 2012 18:37:26 +0000 http://lacma.wordpress.com/?p=10950#comment-10327 Based on this comment in the LACMA info: “For Saturday and Sunday only, we’ll remove part of the construction fencing so you can get a good look at the transporter before it is disassembled” my friends and I visited the rock Saturday evening. As far as we could see, no part of the fencing had been removed, even the opaque sightscreening. It was almost impossible to get a view of the rock or transporter, except through a few slits someone had cut in the screen. I was very annoyed.

]]> By: Donna http://lacma.wordpress.com/2012/03/08/levitated-mass-planning-for-the-final-leg-of-the-journey/#comment-10301 Sat, 10 Mar 2012 21:53:00 +0000 http://lacma.wordpress.com/?p=10950#comment-10301 bobowen –

AMEN to that!

The Big Rock pulled my community together in a way I haven’t witnessed since I moved here many years ago. Tired, expectant, hopeful people waiting for hours along the street were rewarded with an almost indescribable experience. Being near the rock as it moves by is totally unlike seeing pictures or video. Watching something of that size and mass rolling along was almost a spiritual experience. As it went by, many of us were compelled to follow it, and ran off after it until it came to a corner and turned. We watched until it was out of sight, then sighed and smiled, and collectively turned for home, content.

Many things cost a lot of money. Many of those things make absolutely no difference in anyone’s lives, no matter what their proponents want to believe. Strange as it may seem, this bizarre event has had nothing but a delightful impact on everyone I know who has experienced it. The crew was wonderful (the transporter stopped a few times, and they were friendly and easy-going, happy to talk about the project). The money will move through the world as it always does, providing paychecks, stimulating business, making its way in the economic cycle.

Meanwhile, a wonderful time was had by all, and a unique and happy memory was gifted to everyone who is now united in their status as ‘witnesses to the moving of the great rock’. Neighbor kids that I have never seen play outside are now interested in rocks, minerals, and natural things in general. They experienced genuine awe for the first time in their lives (as did, I suspect, many adults). There is real value in that, and it does not depend on having a rational outcome that would satisfy social justice or any other contemporary value (and that said by an activist in favor of many forms of social justice). Life without raw wonder and ‘purposeless’ beauty is not worth living – nor would the world be any better off if the rock had never moved.

]]> By: Charlie Groh http://lacma.wordpress.com/2012/03/08/levitated-mass-planning-for-the-final-leg-of-the-journey/#comment-10300 Sat, 10 Mar 2012 21:19:25 +0000 http://lacma.wordpress.com/?p=10950#comment-10300 …bottom line is the economy; this art piece is putting back far, far more than most. Bravo the concept, bravo the fact that people are employed doing all there is to do surrounding the project and bravo the execution of the move! A slight negative was this AM when I drove from the OC up to the site hoping to get some finalizing shots, only to find that the fencing was still up preventing, mostly, what me and many others sought to do. That said, here’s a link to my blog re. a segment of the move:

http://www.charliegroh.posterous.com

All in all, thumbs up LACMA!

]]> By: bobowen http://lacma.wordpress.com/2012/03/08/levitated-mass-planning-for-the-final-leg-of-the-journey/#comment-10294 Sat, 10 Mar 2012 18:25:33 +0000 http://lacma.wordpress.com/?p=10950#comment-10294 we all need a rest from the hectic pace of our personal lives. and then there is the unending national political circus, hostilities in the ever-volatile middle east; storm recovery in the country’s heartland; sad memories and continuing repair in japan; and the continuing plight of homeless people…seemingly everywhere.

i find i relaxing, rewarding and reassuring to know that in the midst of it all, we fortunate denizens of los angeles have our own PET ROCK that doesn’t rock or roll but somehow causes us to do so. i went by the site this morning and took lots of pictures….finding joy in placing myself between “a rock and (the planet’s often) hard place.”

bobowen

]]> By: Jonas Thaler http://lacma.wordpress.com/2012/03/08/levitated-mass-planning-for-the-final-leg-of-the-journey/#comment-10287 Sat, 10 Mar 2012 06:33:42 +0000 http://lacma.wordpress.com/?p=10950#comment-10287 We in the US need to spend many more billions of public dollars on public art and art education than we do now. And many more trillions researching and curing illness, poverty, social injustice, etc. I am proud of LACMA for getting involved in this and proud of LA for having LACMA. I wish my late friend Jim Elliott, the museums first curator, if I’m not mistaken, were alive to see this!

And we will have plenty of money when we stop the endless war puppetmastering.

]]> By: Mabel http://lacma.wordpress.com/2012/03/08/levitated-mass-planning-for-the-final-leg-of-the-journey/#comment-10284 Sat, 10 Mar 2012 03:52:38 +0000 http://lacma.wordpress.com/?p=10950#comment-10284 The money that is being spent to move “the rock” is going into the local economy. People get paid to do it and they turn around and spend what they earned in the local economy. And for as long as it sits near 6th and Fairfax being viewed by museum goers, they will always think about how it got there. It is part of the viewing experience.

]]> By: Jennifer http://lacma.wordpress.com/2012/03/08/levitated-mass-planning-for-the-final-leg-of-the-journey/#comment-10271 Fri, 09 Mar 2012 20:25:20 +0000 http://lacma.wordpress.com/?p=10950#comment-10271 Waiting for the first lawsuit by a future victim’s family when the rock falls onto someone once installed at the museum.

Also: an enormous, obscene waste of money. Those millions of dollars money could for example have provided much joy for many homeless children in the form of art supplies, backpacks, food, field trips, toys. I know because I’ve voluntered with children on Skid Row in downtown L.A. Truly amazing kids who never ask for anything and who lead lives the rest of us can barely imagine. Oh, and please have superspoiled brats Lindsey Lohan, Paris Hilton, Kim K, Charlie Sheen, Mel Gibson, etc. etc. volunteer there.

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