View Poll Results : Opinion on "The Orbit"
I love it - really contemporary!
6.00%
It's okay I suppose.
12.00%
It looks kinda weird.
24.00%
I hate it! A vertitable carbuncle. A blight London's skyline.
40.00%
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16 June 2012, 08:50 PM
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"THE ORBIT" OLYMPIC PARK SCULPTURE... POLL INCLUDED!
...Love it? Or loathe it?
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16 June 2012, 08:54 PM
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I'm standing on a chair looking out of my top floor window....nope,still can't see it.
This thread is useless without....................?????
16 June 2012, 08:56 PM
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Sorry, a link to images of it:-
the orbit london
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16 June 2012, 08:59 PM
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It looks like a rollercoaster gone wrong imo ........
16 June 2012, 09:00 PM
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All I can think of is the movie, Contact.
16 June 2012, 09:02 PM
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Please vote - I'm intrigued by what a cross section of the public think of 'out there' 'art'.
16 June 2012, 09:04 PM
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Rollercoasters - You're doing it wrong!
16 June 2012, 09:05 PM
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Got a bit more going for it at night...
16 June 2012, 09:07 PM
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I reckon it would look a lot more striking if it was in brilliant light-reflecting chrome!
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16 June 2012, 09:08 PM
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It looks better in the dark, but then most things do .......
16 June 2012, 10:01 PM
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Looks like a helter skelter ride to Hell..
16 June 2012, 10:17 PM
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Sorry,it's just a mess.Not impressed.
16 June 2012, 10:21 PM
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It's rubbish, will be quickly forgotten.
16 June 2012, 10:28 PM
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Sorry,it's just a mess.Not impressed.
£15.00 to climb that scaffolding,i could get a curry for that..
17 June 2012, 07:26 AM
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Did WE pay for that ****e?
17 June 2012, 11:20 AM
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Did WE pay for that ****e?
It was largely funded by the richest man in the country - some dude that's made his fortune in
steel (ironically)...
ArcelorMittal_Orbit
"The project is expected to cost £19.1 million, with £16 million coming from Britain's richest man, the steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal, Chairman of the ArcelorMittal steel company, and the balance of £3.1 million coming from the London Development Agency. The official name of the sculpture, "ArcelorMittal Orbit", combines the name of Mittal's company, as chief sponsor, with "Orbit", the original working title of Kapoor and Balmond's design."
...I'm guessing the £3.1M 'shortfall' (or whatever the final difference will be) will be recouped by the paying public(?)
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17 June 2012, 11:24 AM
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Bit of an eyesore. I don't like it
17 June 2012, 11:31 AM
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I voted 'love it'. I mean it's a right load of crap really, but if it makes London more of a **** up than it already is that will do for me.
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17 June 2012, 11:33 AM
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Looks OK but not a patch on the Spinnaker tower in Portsmouth.
17 June 2012, 12:28 PM
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It's a vainglorious wasteful piece of comedy art.
17 June 2012, 01:02 PM
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17 June 2012, 01:16 PM
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17 June 2012, 01:24 PM
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just need to incoperate the colour olympic rings now !
17 June 2012, 01:47 PM
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Woudn't want to paint it
I think it's fine btw
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17 June 2012, 03:11 PM
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I really thought it was going to be a rollercoaster!
17 June 2012, 03:57 PM
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I hate it. That and the Shard. It's cack.
17 June 2012, 05:03 PM
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17 June 2012, 08:52 PM
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saw it again today, its really ugly !
17 June 2012, 09:33 PM
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I hate it. That and the Shard. It's cack.
Such a womanly answer,
19 June 2012, 04:20 PM
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Its a pretty unimpressive attempt I reckon!
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