On the subject of crazy, illegal art projects.. you’d have to go some way to beat the one detailed in the new documentary Man on Wire. But this film reveals a pathos completely unintended by the artist at the point of creation.
Entries Tagged as 'Fascinated and yet repelled'
The risk-taker who outlived an icon
July 26th, 2008 · No Comments · But is it Art?, Fascinated and yet repelled, Speechless
Tags: James Marsh·Man on Wire·Phillipe Petit·wire walking·World Trade Centre
When Disney disappoints
July 10th, 2008 · No Comments · Fascinated and yet repelled
This video in the New York Times looks at Disney’s new Innoventions Dream Home attraction - and finds it sorely wanting.
Tags: David Rakoff·Disney·Innoventions Dream Home·Monsanto House of the Future·New York Times·Treehugger
Looking and yet not looking
May 2nd, 2008 · No Comments · Fascinated and yet repelled
As a card-carrying member of the dislike-of-heights committee, I find the idea of this deeply compelling and repellent in equal measures. It’s a kind of vertigo porn.
Tags: Catherine Yass·Didier Pasquette·Glasgow international festival·High Wire·vertigo
