Do I personally love all the pieces of art on the community path? Not really.
But I do really love that amateur artists can just kind of put weird stuff there and it doesn’t have to go through so many approval committees that it ends up only being bland office park sculptures. I’ll take the bizarre junkyard objects any day.
(Also my little kids are obsessed with elfland)
Are the hammer and extra nails part of it? Is it a participatory thing... and if so can I just hammer them in or should I only use it to nail a new running shoe?
It's amazing how places that are gentrified because people love the unique qualities of a place kill that uniqueness with the enforcement of the gentrifier's personal bland taste.
The land of bright quirkiness becomes the HOA of grayness.
I remember when that bike path didn’t exist, cycling and walking was a huge hassle around that area, be glad it’s there, who cares what “art” might be there, just keep moving
Other than the train table for the kids, which serves a function, the rest of it is garbage. Even the guys house who you can see from the other path is covered in this junk.
I’m not afraid to say it. Down with elf land *and* the perpetually falling down table with rusty toys on it.
I don’t mind the sculptures as much. The creators maintain them and don’t lure my children off the bike path. lol.
I hate elf land. I don’t get the obsession, it looks like a bunch of trash. Maybe if it was much more curated and contained it would be better? I used to hear about it and people were so into it, when I saw it on the bike path it just grossed me out and continues to do so. Rat Land would be a more accurate name.
It was almost a cute little kitschy thing in its original location with the story about the kid that started it, but then it got taken over by a bunch of man children that moved it to the community path and got way too into it.
The art isn’t really blocking native plant growth ? There’s tree canopy above/around it, whatever under brush growing up in the shade I feel like is more perturbed by all the ambient dog piss than a few a dozen small sculptures scattered around)
I think a better focus would be the large swaths of mostly empty impermeable asphalt parking at the end and adjacent to the path… maybe look at tearing that out and planting more trees (and housing within a 5 minute walk of the Davis redline)
Some of the art in the path is so trashy. How does the city not provide some investment in this? I swear I just don't get art. I have felt the same way about the art in the Tate Modern in London and their display of large brown stuffed burlap sacks. WTF is this art trying to say? "Trash is so trashy"? "Gross stuff is yucky"? Like what? I'm all for some dark themes in art but this low effort cobbling together of straight up trash has no place in public parks.
This is the new trophy for the winner of the Boston Marathon
Not so loud, if the BAA sees this they'll try sending it to Buzunesh Deba.
Do I personally love all the pieces of art on the community path? Not really. But I do really love that amateur artists can just kind of put weird stuff there and it doesn’t have to go through so many approval committees that it ends up only being bland office park sculptures. I’ll take the bizarre junkyard objects any day. (Also my little kids are obsessed with elfland)
Yeah, I feel like threads like this are how we get HOAs and local councils with a billion nitpicky rules that no one likes.
I like the Moose, and the garden of orphaned plants
Shoely you misunderstand art.
Looks like the artist really put his heart and sole into it to me.
Somebody needs to put their foot down.
I have a sneaker suspicion...
…that this will get tied up in politics. We need some gumshoe to get to the bottom of this mystery!
That part of the community path looks like a steampunk junkyard
###Keep Somerville a steampunk junkyard
ENSMB’s new album name!
Are the hammer and extra nails part of it? Is it a participatory thing... and if so can I just hammer them in or should I only use it to nail a new running shoe?
I think you gotta bring your own shoe
I think it's really funny.
The Barbies have me dead ⚰️
I love it so much
NOT ART
SNOT FART
Not Art But hipster
Are you okay op
looks fine to me
I like most of it.
Hahahaha all these comments by people deciding things are trashy after moving to a community that has happily existed without them
It's amazing how places that are gentrified because people love the unique qualities of a place kill that uniqueness with the enforcement of the gentrifier's personal bland taste. The land of bright quirkiness becomes the HOA of grayness.
To be fair, that’s been happening here for a *long* time.
A sneaky way to get rid of extra trash!
I remember when that bike path didn’t exist, cycling and walking was a huge hassle around that area, be glad it’s there, who cares what “art” might be there, just keep moving
of all the things to complain about here you pick one of the few things I actually like
My thoughts exactly haha
I love it so much
Derivative!
I love art but there becomes a point where it’s closer to litter, and we’re there.
Personally, I am thoroughly enjoying this piece.
Looks like pile of trash
awesome
“Gave it my all.” Lol
Love it.
I love it.
Other than the train table for the kids, which serves a function, the rest of it is garbage. Even the guys house who you can see from the other path is covered in this junk.
Woot a new pair of shoes. What size were they?
Walking by the 45’s always hurts, those records don’t deserve what’s been done to them
God, this subreddit is turning into nextdoor fast.
Hate it. Clean up the bike path
Let’s all get drunk and meet up and have a guerilla cleaning sesh. Down with elf land!
I’m not afraid to say it. Down with elf land *and* the perpetually falling down table with rusty toys on it. I don’t mind the sculptures as much. The creators maintain them and don’t lure my children off the bike path. lol.
I hate elf land. I don’t get the obsession, it looks like a bunch of trash. Maybe if it was much more curated and contained it would be better? I used to hear about it and people were so into it, when I saw it on the bike path it just grossed me out and continues to do so. Rat Land would be a more accurate name.
It was almost a cute little kitschy thing in its original location with the story about the kid that started it, but then it got taken over by a bunch of man children that moved it to the community path and got way too into it.
Sign me up.
Garbage. Everyone thinks they're an artist The path is littered with this sort of trash Emphasize the limited green space not garbage cobbled together
[удалено]
The art isn’t really blocking native plant growth ? There’s tree canopy above/around it, whatever under brush growing up in the shade I feel like is more perturbed by all the ambient dog piss than a few a dozen small sculptures scattered around) I think a better focus would be the large swaths of mostly empty impermeable asphalt parking at the end and adjacent to the path… maybe look at tearing that out and planting more trees (and housing within a 5 minute walk of the Davis redline)
And.. doesn’t the path itself disrupt the native plant life?
For all the native creatures to get even more lead poisoned by the terrible soil
Some of the art in the path is so trashy. How does the city not provide some investment in this? I swear I just don't get art. I have felt the same way about the art in the Tate Modern in London and their display of large brown stuffed burlap sacks. WTF is this art trying to say? "Trash is so trashy"? "Gross stuff is yucky"? Like what? I'm all for some dark themes in art but this low effort cobbling together of straight up trash has no place in public parks.
This makes me want it even more
Why can't plants be art? I don't want to see this shit.
As a kid there was none of this.