Beached Whale

It looks like a beached whale, but it's actually a "life-size, hyperreal statue of a sperm whale" created by a group of artists that calls itself the Captain Boomer Collective. They explain:

the beached whale is a gigantic methaphor for the disruption of our ecological system. People feel their bond with nature is disturbed. The game between fiction and reality reinforces this feeling of disturbance.

The faux whale was recently beached at the Greenwich Fair. Event organizers assured the public that the whale was "family friendly."

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Posted By: Alex - Wed Jul 10, 2013
Category: Art

Comments

When, (If?) I wonder, are these eco-nuts going to figure out the WE ARE part and parcel of 'nature'?

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 07/10/13 at 10:23 AM

My uncle once went to the beach. As he laid out in the sun the kids thought he was a beached whale and kept trying to roll him back into the water.

Posted by KDP on 07/10/13 at 03:29 PM

+1 to Expat's view on nature. The desire to see man as non-nature is a strange one.

On the subject of sperm whales

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-23143913

Posted by dumbledoor on 07/11/13 at 03:55 AM

How about a Whale-B-Q! stand next to the dead whale!? That might start a debate! :lol:
Better Yet! We hollow out the whale and use IT AS the stand! We could call it JONAH'S! :lol:

Posted by Tyrusguy on 07/11/13 at 02:31 PM

JONAH'S! LOL!!!!!!!!

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 07/13/13 at 09:43 PM

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