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photo/courtesy Dan Shipsides

Bamboo Support is Dan Shipsides' winning entry in the prestigious and well funded IMMA/Nissan public-art prize (see Bamboom (September 27, 2000) for more). This is only the third instalment of the prize, and reaction this and every year has been mixed.

Visitors to recirca.com were asked to express their opinions on Bamboo Support. You can see the form here. The final tally is as follows:


How do you feel about Bamboo Support: does it work?
Votes cast: 46
Average value of cast vote: 3.84
(range is from 1, for 'definitely [works]' to 7 for 'definitely not')

You can see comments at the bottom of this page.

Voting patterns:

(1) "Are you an artist?"

Label
Value
Overall Artist Not artist

Definitely

1
2
3
Maybe/maybe not
4
5
6
Definitely not
7
votes 46 25 20
average 3.84 3.8 3.9

(2) "Have you seen Bamboo Support?"

Label
Value
Overall Yes,
'in the flesh'
Only in the media No

Definitely

1
2
3
Maybe/maybe not
4
5
6
Definitely not
7

votes

46 35 7 2
average 3.84 3.85 3.85 3



Comments received:

Like the approach, but troubled by the visibility of the result.

I keep missing it - even when I mean to look.

The Bamboo work is holding up the redevelopment of this particular area.

I think its relationship with the shops needs to be defined - close shops.

Looks lost in its context

This work just made me wonder about the quantity of timber the Japanese use.

Some of Shipsides ideas sounds ok but the piece is a one liner. Lacks drama.

Hope it doesn't fall down

How many non-artists will visit this site?

Nice idea but fails miserably in practice.

Good to see a subtle public art work.

The answer as to whether the piece works or not depends on the artist's intention

Like the work but think it would have worked better on the GPO or Trinity

impressive materials but bad site, more than 1 site would have worked better

The tourists think it's for real

camouflage is a faculty of construction site work

again irish art helps fund an english artist to indulge in imitative emptiness

FANTASTIC: THE UNLOCKING OF IRISH SOCIETY TO EMBRACE OTHER CULTURES

Really brings out the racist bigots....

Watched it coming down - amazing to see.

Not as good as 'Ghost Ship'

What was Ghost Ship?

I will always remember it

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