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There's a November-y chill in the air already, and the rolling out of Christmas decorations drives home the fact that winter is rapidly approaching. This year, Jack Frost is bringing more than just snow and seasonal affective disorder, though: Canadian artist Gordon Halloran is building a enormous ice sculpture in Millennium Park. Halloran's piece, "Paintings Below Zero," will be unveiled February 1, and will be a 95-foot long, 12-foot tall wall of pigmented panels of ice. It'll be on the Chase Promenade behind the Bean for prime reflective beauty. According to the Trib,
Nature also contributes, literally and metaphorically, to the fluidity.As the surface evaporates, pigments migrate to the exterior, altering the crystal structure and creating new patterns. Snowflakes can add new dimensions.
Adding a coat of warmed clear water can polish the surface. Cooled water can freeze or seal in a newly created pattern.
Sounds cool. Get it? Cool? Ice? Oh, we slay ourselves. You can see the full-sized image here. Halloran will also be designing an ice painting in the ice rink, which will probably look like his previous "skating on the painting" works.
The City is calling the installations the Museum of Modern Ice, which is cute and catchy, and the Trib has dubbed the ice wall portion "the Popsicle."
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Another fantastic way to spend tax payer dollars.
Yes, the overall cost of this project is a glaring omission in the Trib piece.
Although perhaps we can help defray the cost by taking up a collection to get Margaret to stick her tongue on it.
In the old days, when Chicago had more money than even a Mobster could possibly spend, this might have been a good idea. Ahem, Mayor Daley, hello, we are broke!! Lots of homeless in Chicago. Lets save money until the taxes start rolling in again.
someone made the point in tribune comments, which they summarily delete every morning, that with no bus or trains to see it what is the point.
I think it's pretty.
yeah me too ferdy.
As I am not homeless, I am very excited for this installation. It is going to be so amazing, and other cities are going to copy cat next year, just you wait.
You people criticizing about how this is being paid for look pretty ignorant. Maybe you should actually try to find out how its being paid for before you speak instead of assuming things. And maybe the Tribune reporter should do their job - or why not ask the reporter to find out instead of aimlessly bitching. Pricks.